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…
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…
hinduyouthukleicester@hotmail.co.uk LEICESTER, ENGLAND, June 19, 2005: Hindu Youth UK are proud to be offered the opportunity to volunteer for a three-day Hanuman Yagya over the August Bank Holiday. Samanvay Parivar, who are hosting the program, require assistance. For those of you that would like to volunteer and give your service in the presence of Shri Swami Satyamitra Anandji, please e-mail…
www.orlandosentinel.com ORLANDO, FLORIDA, June 17, 2005: When the helicopter hovering above the new Hindu Temple in Casselberry showers the building with rose petals Sunday morning, Central Florida’s religious landscape will never be the same. “It’s like building a cathedral,” says Shobana Daniell, a member of the Hindu Society of Central Florida. A sign posted outside the nearby social hall describes…
in.rediff.com NEW JERSEY, U.S.A., June 9, 2005: Dada J. P. Vaswani, spiritual head of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, will be 87-years old in August and upholds his Sindhi tradition with total dedication and enthusiasm. It was during a US visit to a Sadhna camp in Hamilton, New Jersey, that Rediff’s New York-based correspondent, Monika Joshi, was able to interview Dada…