Religion News ServiceUSA, September 1, 2004: (RNS) Most Protestant ministers expressed little familiarity with the key beliefs of a number of non-Protestant religious groups, a survey has found. The findings by Ellison Research, a marketing research company in Phoenix, were first reported in the September/October edition of Facts & Trends, a magazine published by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern…
SourceVIJAYAWADA, INDIA, August 28, 2004: Four people were killed and 11 injured in a stampede on the first day of the Krishna Pushkar mela at Vijaywada. Thousands of pilgrims had come to take the holy dip today at the beginning of 12-day mela. According to reports, an iron railing along the footbridge leading to the bathing area collapsed and this…
SourceKOCHI, INDIA, August 28, 2004: Kochi Markets are witnessing a boom in Kerala with Onam celebrations picking up across the state. With people on a shopping spree ahead of the harvest festival, the whole of Kerala has turned into a customer-friendly market worth US$681 million. The salaried section is richer by $454 million by way of two months’ salary, bonus,…
International Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, AustriaAUSTRIA, August 28, 2004: His Holiness, Mahamandaleshwar Paramhas Swami Maheswarananda issued the following message on the occassion of Raksha Bandhan: Blessed Selves. On the 30th of August we are celebrating the holy festival of Raksha Bandhan, the day of brothers and sisters. On this day sisters tie sacred threads around their brothers’ wrists…
Rajiv Malik, HPI CorrespondentDELHI, INDIA, August 26, 2004: “We cannot see the Indian history through the eyes of the West. India today is stretching for its honor. A great struggle is going on. Another Veer Savarkar is coming. In the 21st century India is recognizing its own soul. India will again be the Jagadguru [the guiding light for the whole…
SourceNEW YORK, NEW YORK, August 27, 2004: After three years of lawsuits between two groups of Hindu devotees, a federal judge will decide whether or not the state is entitled to tell a religious organization in Queens how to organize and manage itself. The trustees of the Hindu Temple Society of North America, of Flushing, filed a lawsuit to protest…
News ReportsMUMBAI, INDIA, August 24, 2004: “So far as India is concerned Ayurveda has always been the mainstream medicine. The reach of modern medicine in India even today is 30 percent. And 70 percent people are being treated through Ayurvedic medicines or household remedies. However it is unfortunate that out of the total governmental expenditure 97 percent is being spent…
SourceLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, August 27, 2004: Is your car vegan? Actor Michael Bell’s is. The 66-year-old Los Angeles resident doesn’t eat or wear animal products, and his hybrid car doesn’t have a stitch of leather in it. If it had, Bell said, he wouldn’t have bought the car, a 2001 Toyota Prius, despite its impeccable green credentials. In raw numbers,…
SourceLONDON, ENGLAND, August 21, 2004: Is there a curry crisis in Britain or in Europe. If you ask the average European, he might just say — Curry Crisis? What crisis? But in Britain, something of a crisis has emerged in one of the country’s best-loved institutions – Indian restaurants. South Asian food is now Brit’s favorite cuisine, and demand for…
SourceHYDERABAD, INDIA, August 24, 2004: Do not be surprised if you see smaller icons in the Ganesha mandaps this year. Icon-makers in Dhoolpet and other areas of the city are making icons that are less than 10 feet tall. The sculptors say that they are being forced to do this because of the increase in the prices of basic raw…