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…
Punjab Kesari (Hindi Edition) NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 19, 2005: Prayag Peeth’s Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Madhavananda Saraswati passed away this morning at 9.30 am at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences [AIIMS]. He was 67. Leaders of all the political parties of India have expressed condolence on the death of Shankaracharya. Devotees and others could have the last…
news.bbc.co.uk MUMBAI, INDIA, June 17, 2005: Four American missionaries have been asked to leave India for what police say is a violation of visa regulations. The missionaries were attacked by a Hindu mob in India’s western city Mumbai (Bombay) on Saturday evening during a Bible reading session, according to this BBC report. Police said three of them were treated for…
www.prweb.com SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, June 15, 2005: Is religion gaining ground in America, or are people simply looking harder for answers? Religion and spirituality books are selling strongly, while the number of Americans not identified with religion is rising. It appears that more and more people are seeking God on their own rather than through established belief systems, says…
www.hindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 16, 2005: Schoolchildren in Delhi seem to be finally learning to eat right and their latest mantra reads: “Think brown.” And if the first detailed adherence report submitted by Delhi schools is anything to go by, educational institutions here have finally shifted to the menu chart prescribed by the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),…
autofeed.msn.co.in SHIMLA, INDIA, June 11, 2005: It’s a glittering sari threaded with silver and silk that took two years to make and costs Rs.200,000 — US$4,500! And the handicraft marvel is the center of attraction for tourists and locals at an exhibition currently on in this popular resort town of Himachal Pradesh. The maker of this colorful sari can be…
en.wikipedia.org USA, June 17, 2005: Our thanks to HPI reader Thanneer for the following excellent suggestion: “I’m sure you have heard of this famous online encyclopedia called Wikipedia (here) The unique feature of this website is you can edit the pages and you can create new ones. I would like to highlight that on articles relating to Hinduism, many are…
autofeed.msn.co.in BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA, June 13, 2005: Amid chants of Sanskrit prayers, some 2,300 students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received their graduate and undergraduate degrees in Cambridge. Swami Tyagananda, the institution’s Hindu chaplain, offered an invocation in the language of the Gods to reflect the large international crowd’s spirit of unity and goodwill. “May we come together…