SourceUNITED KINGDOM, February 25, 2005: Mr. Sudarshan Bhatia in a BBC Asian Network interview on Thursday told the listeners about the shortage of qualified priests to carry out order of worship in the Hindu Temples throughout the UK. He said, “This situation has emerged due to implementing a new legislation making proficiency in English compulsory for Entry Clearance for the…
SourceTIRUPATI, INDIA, February 20, 2005: The TTD Trust Board, which overseas the popular Balaji Temple here, today approved around US$155 million budget for fiscal 2005-2006, which is around $6 million more than its 2004-2005 budget. Of the total income, the hundi collections alone account for $64 million, while the sale of laddus (a famed blessed sweet) is expected to fetch…
SourceKOCHI, INDIA, February 23, 2005: Spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi was today conferred with the Rotary International Centenary Legendary Award for her service to humanity, international understanding and peace. Speaking after receiving the award here, she said happiness and contentment can prevail in people’s lives only if they uphold love, trust and service, based on an understanding of the other person’s…
SourceHOLLAND, February 25, 2005: Hans Meijer, president of Ned.Opl.Hindoe Geestelijke (Dutch Hindu Cleric Academy) writes, “Herewith we want to inform you about the present situation of the foundation of the World Hindu Minister Academy (WHMA). In reaction to our article(s) in HPI we received five requests for establishing a local academy (3 from India, 1 from Malaysia and 1 from…
SourceWASHINGTON, D.C., February 25, 2005: On March 2, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments regarding two cases that address the issue of whether displays of the Ten Commandments on government property are an unconstitutional endorsement of a particular religion. Suhag Shukla, Esq., Legal Counsel of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), will be present at the…
SourceRAJKOT, INDIA, February 23, 2005: In the wake of a scandal, trustees of the Radharaman Swaminarayan temple in Junagadh (Vadtal sect) now want to keep the sadhus on the straight and narrow. The new code of conduct announced on Monday bars contact and conversation with women, ownership of private property and all luxury items, including a television. At a meeting…
SourceCHENNAI, INDIA, February 24, 2005: The Myanmar government has offered to help the people of a village in Tamil Nadu build a temple to a Deity that came floating on the tsunami waves on December 26. The icon was found on a floating raft in Meyyurkuppam village on the Kalpakkam coast, 80 km from here. Many coastal villages in the…
SourcePORAYAR, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, February 21, 2005: In a show of communal amity, six Hindu fishermen couple, whose marriages got postponed due to the December 26 tsunami, have entered into wedlock in the nearby Muslim pilgrim town of Nagore, in Nagapattinam district, with a Christian service organization bearing the expenses. The six couples, natives of Nagore, were among those engaged…
SourceGADAIPUR, INDIA, February 19, 2005: Thousands of devotees are flocking to the northern Indian farmlands of Gadaipur on the outskirts of New Delhi for spiritual fulfillment at the feet of a rustic Punjabi-speaking Indian saint. Baba Virsa Singh, 70, known to his followers as Maharaj (king) or Babaji, is hosting a conference on “The Spiritual Approach to Peace and Resolving…
Press Trust of IndiaNEW DELHI, INDIA, February 20, 2005: Taking serious note of a bank’s lack of respect to Sanskrit language, Delhi state consumer forum has ordered a compensation of around US$ 275 to a man whose checks were not honored as he had filled them up in the revered ancient language, says this article on a 1991 case which…