SourceLONDON, ENGLAND, November 11, 2004: The House of Commons celebrated Deepavali with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Home Secretary David Blunkett lauding the contributions made by the Non-Resident Indian community to the British society. In a message on the occasion, Prime Minister Tony Blair, said “Deepavali is now celebrated by different communities across the UK and its growing popularity helps…
International Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram FellowshipVIENNA, AUSTRIA, November 11, 2004: “Dear brothers and sisters, I wish you all the best on this holy occasion of Deepavali and in the coming New Year. I pray to God for you, your family and the whole world for good health, harmony, peace and divine protection. The whole mankind needs – especially in this…
SourceVELLORE, INDIA, November 14, 2004: Head of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, who has been arrested and incarcerated in the central prison in Vellore in connection with a murder case, was maintaining good health, prison sources said on Sunday. He spent his third day in the prison meditating and performing pujas, the sources informed. The seer woke up…
SourceAMRITSAR, INDIA, November 14, 2004: The Shankaracharya’s arrest has widened the gulf in an already divided NDA. The Sangh parivar has already been on the offensive ever since the Shankaracharya was sent to jail. Now BJP President L. K. Advani has hinted that there was politics behind the entire episode. “The Supreme Court has issued guidelines which outline the manner…
Paras RamoutarTRINIDAD, November 13, 2004: Thousands of Hindus, mainly women, will converge at several beaches and rivers to celebrate the annual festival of Kaatik-ke-Nahaan on Sunday. Main areas of focus will be Manzanilla and Mayaro beaches, which have become the mecca for this very auspicious Hindu religious observance over the years. Kaatik is a full month of celebration which falls…
HPIKAUAI, HAWAII, November 14, 2004: This is a request to our HPI readers who are fluent in Spanish, who have access to Spanish translations of the Vedas and Upanishads. We are translating some of the works of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami into Spanish. He originally included Vedic references that support the subject matter in chapters of his works. These were sourced…
SourceKANCHEEPURAM, INDIA, Sunday 14, 2004: “I am going to remove you from the leadership of the Kanchi Math,” goes the letter purportedly written by an angry middle-aged man on August 30 this year and reproduced in a leading Tamil daily. “You are misusing your authority.” On September 3, four days after he supposedly shot off that letter, five men in…
SourceCHENNAI, INDIA, November 13, 2004: Shankacharya of Kanchi Jayendra Saraswati will have to stay in lock up at least till Wednesday. The Madras High Court has adjourned the hearing of the bail application of Shankacharya till Wednesday. After the order, clashes broke out between Shankacharya supporters and Dravida Kazhgam movement (DK) workers. However, the police have now restored normalcy and…
SourceNEW DELHI, INDIA, November 12, 2004: Reacting strongly against the arrest of Kanchi Shankaracharya Swami Jayendra Saraswati in a murder case, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Friday called for a two-day nationwide bandh from Saturday to lodge its protest. “The Shankaracharya had been implicated in false cases, and his arrest has shocked Hindus all over the world turning the festival…
Source NEW DELHI and CHENNAI, INDIA, November 12, 2004: Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi’s arrest following an investigation into the murder of Shankararaman, who managed the accounts of the Kanchi Mutt a few years back, has shocked his critics and devotees alike. “Can the Pope be arrested from the Church of England?” International Secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Praveen Togadia asked…