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…
Rajiv Malik, HPI Correspondent.NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 25, 2005: “Think not that you are weak and miserable. Arise, awake and manifest your own nature,” these famous and inspiring words of the Hindu spiritual prophet of modern India, Swami Vivekananda, were received with a thundering applause by a 1,600 strong audience who was present in New Delhi’s prestigious Siri Fort Auditorium…
SourceKOLKATA, INDIA, April 25, 2005: Swami Ranganathananda, president of Ramkrishna Math and Mission, breathed his last after a cardiac arrest today. He was 96. He attained Mahasamadhi at 3.51 a.m. at Woodlands Hospital where he was admitted on April 17. His cremation rites will be performed tomorrow around 12.30 p.m. within Belur Math (monastery) premises. His body would lie at…
SourceTIRUPATI, INDIA, April 25, 2005: In a move that is sure to create a furore in the all-strong procurement cartel supplying commodities worth millions of rupees to the Tirupati Temple on a daily basis, the shrine trust has decided to shift to full time e-procurement and do away with the cartel altogether. The Temple is the largest purchaser of commodities…
SourceORLANDO, FLORIDA, April 22, 2005: The Hindu Society of Central Florida invites you to participate in the auspicious occasion of Maha Kumbabhishekam celebration and dedication ceremony of their new Vedic temple located at 1994 Lake Drive, Casselberry, Florida. The ceremonies and festivities will begin Wednesday, June 15, 2005, and continue until Sunday, June 19. The festive occasion will mark the…
SourceSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, April 18, 2005: Alka Patel, a 36-year-old assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California, had dreamed about becoming a doctor since childhood. Her family was thrilled when Patel, who was born in England and lived in her parent’s native India for two years before moving to the Bay Area at the age of 7,…
SourceUSA, April 20, 2005: Steven Rosen writes: “Greetings! I am an author with 20 published books to my credit, mainly on Eastern philosophy. I have recently completed a manuscript entitled ‘The Jedi in the Lotus: Seeing Star Wars Through a Hindu Lens.’ As the title suggests, the book surveys all of the many parallels and overlaps between Lucas’s epic series…
SourceUNITED KINGDOM, April 13, 2005: The Genographic Project will collect DNA samples from over 100,000 people worldwide to help piece together a picture of how the Earth was colonized. Samples gathered from indigenous people and the general public will be subjected to lab and computer analysis to extract the valuable genetic data. Team leader Dr. Spencer Wells calls the plan…
SourceNEW DELHI, INDIA, April 21, 2005: RSS chief K. S. Sudarshan has lambasted Pope Benedict XVI for being a hardliner. He also criticized him for being loathe to faiths other than the Roman Catholic religion. At a function in New Delhi, Sudarshan said Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, during the millennium peace summit in 2000, was one of the few religious heads…
SourceLONDON, UK, 19 April, 2005: British Parliament celebrated Ramnavami, the birthday of Lord Rama, at the House Of Commons, with the Hindu Council UK (HCUK) and its member faith organizations. This historic event was hosted graciously by the Minister of State, Tony McNulty (MP), and marked the significant working partnership relationship of the British government with the Hindu faith organizations…