SourceTRINIDAD & TOBAGO, May 2, 2005: The installation at the weekend of a new leader for the Hindu community attracted almost 4,000 people in a splendid ceremony. Pundit Uttam Maharaj was installed in a four-hour ceremony at the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) headquarters on Lakshmi Girls’ Hindu College grounds in St. Augustine. Swami Divyanand Teerth Maharaj from India officiated…
SourceSAMBALPUR, ORISSA, INDIA, May 1, 2005: In a reconversion ceremony, 567 Christians returned to Hinduism at Bijepur, a block headquarter town in neighboring Bargarh district, on Sunday, VHP sources said. The ceremony was organized by the VHP and an elaborate arrangement was made at a local school premises where the people, mostly belonging to scheduled caste, had assembled. A yagna…
SourceSALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, April 22, 2005: Turning sixty years of age in the Hindu tradition is considered quite a milestone, the halfway point in a 120-year cycle. For Neele Neelameggham, relatives and friends gathered at the Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple in South Jordon to honor the tradition. After attending a homa fire ceremony, Neele and his wife Indra are…
Source NEW-YORK, USA, April 25, 2005: Anabel Taylor courtyard was battleground for a war of bright green, pink, purple and yellow this weekend, where the Hindu Student Council (HSC) held their annual celebration of Holi, the Indian festival of color, according to this article in Cornell University’s student newspaper. Students, professors and members of the community were given the chance…
SourceKAUAI, HAWAII, April 29, 2005: We’ve a request from a teacher in Budapest, Hungary, for the location of the nearest Hindu temple that he could visit with his class. If you can advise on this question, kindly e-mail “source.”
Paras RamoutarTRINIDAD, April 22, 2005: In Ram Leela, the annual Hindu festival which takes place in October/November, Lord Hanuman, the Hindu Monkey God plays a pivotal role in rescuing Mother Sita, the wife of Lord Rama, from the devious King Ravana. This makes Lord Hanuman a hero in the great religious epic, the Ramayana which focuses on the teachings of…
SourceMUMBAI, INDIA, April 15, 2005: It all started forty years ago when seven women gathered together on a terrace of a building in Girgaum in Mumbai. They had a dream and that dream was to start a cooperative organization whereby they could supplement their family’s income by doing work in their own home. From that core idea and choosing a…
SourceNEW DELHI, INDIA, April 21, 2005: The High Court has fined two men US$227 for legally challenging the mainly Hindu country’s official three days of mourning for the death of Pope John Paul II, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The High Court in New Delhi said the petition urging the government not to declare official mourning for people “less significant…
The Independent, LondonLONDON, ENGLAND, April 24, 2005: Scientists have begun putting genes from human beings into food crops in a dramatic extension of genetic modification. The move, which is causing disgust and revulsion among critics, is bound to strengthen accusations that GM technology is creating “Frankenstein foods” and drive the controversy surrounding it to new heights. Even before this development,…
SourceKERALA, INDIA, April 21, 2005: The Supreme Court here ruled that managing temples “primarily is a secular act.” The ruling came on a petition seeking to exclude “Hindu” ministers of the erstwhile Left Front (Marxist) government in Kerala from the managing committee of the Guruvayoor temple, one of the richest shrines in the state. The court today said a state…