Religion News Service WASHINGTON, D.C., June 24, 2005: Religious institutions may be more vulnerable to takeover through eminent domain after the June 23 Supreme Court ruling that gives local governments greater power to seize properties for private economic development, according to some religious and civil rights advocacy groups. Churches, mosques, synagogues and other nonprofit religious entities are considered especially at…
www.indianexpress.com KANDADEVI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, 25 June, 2005: After the Madras High Court ruling, for the first time in eight years, Dalits in this southern Tamil Nadu hamlet got to push the 300-year-old ornate chariot that bears a Lord Siva murthi (icon) recently. However, police sneaked in over 25 Dalits who were acceptable to the upper caste Thevar leaders, while…
www.newindpress.com MAJULI, HIMALAYA, INDIA, 25 June, 2005: The world’s largest river island of Majuli, set in the immense Brahmaputra river, is all set to be listed as a World Heritage Site with hundreds of islanders waiting to celebrate its international recognition. “Majuli deserves to be listed as a World Heritage Site for its great cultural landscape and hence we sent…
Hindu Press International KAUAI, HAWAII, June 25, 2005: We are pleased to announce that HPI news is now available as an “RSS Feed” using RSS 2.0. Those who have a “news aggregator” installed or an RSS feed feature activated in their browser can use the URL by clicking here. Web masters are welcome to pull the daily feed into their…
cities.expressindia.com AHMEDABAD, INDIA, June 18, 2005: A special three-day mela (festival), called Sabri Kumbh to be held next year is expected to attract about five hundred thousand tribals. This is organized by the Rashtriya Sawamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). The idea is to bring them to the mainstream Hindu culture by giving them social prominence. This…
The Economic Times INDIA, June 8, 2005: The government is building a database of 1,500 yoga postures to prevent patenting in the U.S. India’s more than 4,000-year-old yoga tradition may witness some trade disputes in the future. The Union government is building its muscles to bust the market monopolies on yoga that Western practitioners have been securing through copyrights, trademarks…
en.wikipedia.org KAUAI, HAWAII, June 24, 2005: An HPI reader reports difficulty finding the list of undeveloped articles on Hinduism, called “stubs,” on the Wikipedia, the free, on-line, user-created encyclopedia. They are not, in fact, easily found from the main interface. Click “source” for the list of Hindu stubs which you can help write and edit.
in.rediff.com JAMMU, INDIA, June 17, 2005: Private carrier Jagson Airlines, which operates between Delhi and Himachal Pradesh, will start helicopter operations for Amarnath pilgrims with 44 daily services to the holy shrine from Srinagar and Baltal in Jammu and Kashmir. The air trip bypasses several days of difficult hiking to the mountain cave shrine to Lord Siva. The chopper operations,…
www.hindustantimes.com KOLKATA, INDIA, June 9, 2005: Polar opposites, science and spirituality, have been forced to come together. Technology today helps bring people closer to God. The latest way to worship is through the mobile phone. Wireless content provider Mauj Telecom, recently announced the launch of a spiritual channel for mobile users. The channel promises to enable consumers to perform their…
www.c-n.com SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, June 17, 2005: Arsha Bodha Center, an ashram in Somerset, NJ, celebrated the consecration of its temple and the inauguration of its new building this past weekend. The function was attended by State Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula and Consul for Education and Culture Rabindranath Panda. An article in the local paper is available at “source.” For further…