SourceHOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY, November 17, 2004: Ketki Shah recalls the day that classmates at her daughter’s school told the young girl she and her family were going to hell, says this article. (The “Bible Belt” is a term used to indentify the heavily Christian area of the Southern US, running approximately from Texas to Virginia.) “That’s when we started meeting every…
SourceUSA, November 17, 2004: The Vedic Friends Association has prepared a questionnaire to identify the needs of the Hindu community. The survey will be used to identify the needs of 4 primary groups: 1) parents dealing with Westernization of their children and preserving traditional values for their children. 2) Children attempting to balance Westernization and their relationship with traditional values.…
SourceCHENNAI, INDIA, November 17, 2004: The Tamil Nadu police has shocking but solid information on the links of Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi with the murderers of Sankararaman, J. Jayalalithaa told the state Assembly today. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister today broke her silence on the arrest by making a statement. Jayalalithaa said her Government had proved by the arrest that…
SourceLUCKNOW, INDIA, November 17, 2004: All Hindu temples here were shut after the morning prayers Wednesday to protest the arrest in Tamil Nadu of Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi. In Varanasi, some prominent holy men have threatened to immolate themselves if the seer who has been arrested on murder charges is not released immediately. In the Hindu holy town of Haridwar, some…
SourceVELLORE, INDIA, November 16, 2004: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi met Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi in jail at Vellore on Tuesday and later termed as “reprehensible” the seer’s arrest in connection with a murder case. “But if there is something let the court decide it. Even swamiji is saying that whatever is the court verdict he will accept…
SourceKANCHEEPURAM, INDIA, November 16, 2004: With the return of junior pontiff Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi activities picked up in the Kanchi Kamakoti peetam, which reverberated with the chanting of Vedic hymns and religious songs. Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi assumed the seat to perform puja (worship) with an elephant setting out on its ceremonial trumpeting and a cow being brought in for puja.…
SourceKANCHI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, November 15, 2004: The police today interrogated top functionaries of the Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt and their staff in connection with a murder case involving the Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati. Those questioned include Neelakanta Iyer (administrative head of the Mutt), N Sundareshan Iyer (Mutt manager), Viswanathan (manager of the Kamakshi temple), Ramu (the Mutt’s official photographer), a…
SourceKOCHI, INDIA, November 15, 2004: The Catholic church in Kerala on Monday expressed “deep pain” at the arrest of Kanchi pontiff Jayendra Saraswathi, but held that truth and morality have to be seen objectively, irrespective of religious affiliations. “Spiritual leaders are light to other ordinary persons and they must live accordingly,” church spokesman Father Paul Thelekat said in the first…
Malaysia Hindu SangamKUALA LUMPUR, November 16, 2004: The following letter was sent to the High Commission of India to Malaysia by the president of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam, Datuk A. Vaithilingam: We, the leaders of various Hindu based organizations representing more than 1.5 million Hindus living in Malaysia, write to you to register our strong protest on the manner of…
The Hamilton SpectatorHAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, November 2, 2004: It has been over three years since the Hamilton Hindu community was devastated when their temple was burned down after the 9/11 terrorist attacks (by attackers thinking the temple was connected to Islam). However the community pulled together and now in January of 2005 they are preparing to officially open their new…