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www.babalokenath.org NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS. On June 27th, 2005, Mayor George Pradel and the Naperville, Illinois, City Council awarded Sri Sri Shuddhanandaa Brahmarchari Honorary Citizenship of Naperville in recognition of his selfless service to the community there this spring. Shuddhanandaa, also called simply “Baba,” had made frequent, free presentations on the Simple Art of Managing Stress (SAMS) to churches, hospitals, corporations, government…

www.washingtonpost.com TULSA, OKLAHOMA, July 7, 2005: A city board reversed direction on Thursday and rejected plans to add a creationist exhibit to the Tulsa Zoo. Board members voted 3-1 against installing an exhibit on the origin of life from the Bible. The vote, made at a special meeting of the board, reversed a June 7 decision to add a Genesis…

www.nytimes.com Published: July 10, 2005NEW YORK, NEW YORK, July 10, 2005: HPI note: This unsigned editorial appeared on the NY Times editorial page with regard to the previous story. Christian creationists won too much of a victory for their own good in Tulsa, where the local zoo was ordered to balance its evolution science exhibit with a display extolling the…

www.hindu.com LONDON, ENGLAND, July 9, 2005: Hindu temples across the UK have stepped up security, fearing a backlash in the wake of serial bomb blasts in the city on Thursday. “The recent terror attacks in London can pose an immediate security issue for Hindu places of worship and individuals,” Hindu temple authorities said in a statement. A series of blasts…

in.rediff.com BANGALORE, INDIA, July 9, 2005: A symbiosis of two universes, the ancient and the modern, philosophy and science, is what one finds in this unique Guru Kula which does not have the trappings of a conventional school. Situated amidst the scenic and serene environs of Mutthathi forest range, near the confluence of river Arkavathy and Cauvery, this project believes…

www.tamilnet.com MARYLAND, USA, July 7, 2005: A three-day international conference on Tirukural, a 2000-year-old literary and ethical treatise in Tamil starts on July 8 at Smith Auditorium, Howard Community College, Columbia Maryland in USA. Professor George Hart, who holds the position of The Tamil Chair at the University of California Berkeley, will be one of the keynote speakers, organizers said.…

www.theledger.com FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, 5 July, 2005: The Swaminarayan Hindu Temple in Polk County was formally consecrated last Sunday concluding five days of ceremonies. His Holiness, Acharya Maharajshree Koshalendraprasadji Maharaj, presided over the final act of consecration. The consecration of a Swaminarayan temple saw devotees from as far away as Detroit and Houston and the United Kingdom. The temple, along…

www.babalokenath.org CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, July 5, 2005: Thousands of lives were touched this spring by Sri Sri Shuddhanandaa’s vibrant distillations of ancient Vedic wisdom as he toured the U.K. and the four eastern states of the U.S.A. from May 1 – July 5, making presentations on the Simple Art of Managing Stress (SAMS). Shuddhanandaa, also simply called Baba, is the Founder…

www.hindu.com PURI, INDIA, July 8, 2005: Braving intermittent rains hundreds of thousands of devotees thronged the holy city, abode of Lord Jagannath, today to witness the world famous car festival even as an elaborate security blanket has been cast following the terrorist attack in Ayodhya. The three-km long Grand road from the Lions gate of the 12th century ce temple…

news.bbc.co.uk AYODHYA, INDIA, July 5, 2005: Indian police have killed five gunmen who attacked a flashpoint religious site in the northern city of Ayodhya. A sixth man is thought to have died triggering the blast which began the raid. A two-hour gunfight raged at the complex, claimed by Hindus and Muslims. Religious sites across India are on high alert following…