SourceLENASIA, SOUTH AFRICA, September 5, 2004: The largest Swaminarayan Hindi Mission temple to be built in SA has taken more than 18 months to complete and will open next week. Nine hand-carved doors made of Burmese teak, a solid cherry-wood throne and 12 containers of imported decorative artwork have been used to decorate the US$1.2 million Hindu temple in Lenasia.…
SourceTUTICORIN, INDIA, September 4, 2004: Tiruchendur is all set to get improved infrastructure facilities, including a state-of-the-art bus terminus at a cost of US$682,000, with financial assistance from the Tamil Nadu Urban Finance Infrastructure Development Corporation, which has come forward to finance the implementation of various developmental schemes in the district to the tune of $2.5 million. In Tiruchendur, all…
SourceCHENNAI, INDIA, September 4, 2004: Sanskrit manuscripts should be collected, microfilmed and digitized for posterity. The country had lost valuable manuscripts and steps should be taken at least to preserve the scripts available in vidyapeeths and mutts (academic centers and monasteries) said speakers at the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute here today. Kapila Vatsyayan, chairperson, India…
SourceTHIRUVANANTHAPUAM, INDIA, September 2, 2004: A spectacular boat pageantry along the six-km stretch of Karamana river in Kerala capital today provided a feast for eyes of thousands, including a good number of foreigners. Coinciding with the Onam week celebrations, the annual mega event, which the organizers claimed was one of the biggest in the world, was flagged off from Karamana…
SourceVIJAYWADA, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, September 3, 2004: More than one million pilgrims took a holy bath today in the ghats here on the auspicious “Sravana Sukaravaram” day, the seventh day of the 12-day Krishna Pushkarams, being celebrated to mark the transit of Jupiter from Leo to Virgo constellation. With this, the number of those who had taken a holy dip…
SourceBHUBANESWAR, ORISSA, INDIA, September 3, 2004: The tiny toddlers in Orissa will no longer see a cane in the hands of their teachers as the State government on Thursday imposed a ban on corporal punishment in educational institutions. Chief Minister Navin Patnaik asked the officials of the school and mass education department to see that the children studying in government…
SourceNDIA, August 27, 2004: Gold has been treasured, sought after and coveted from the beginning of human history. It gave birth to the science of chemistry. To this day, it is the only guaranteed hedge against inflation in any culture anywhere in the world. In India, however, it is much more than just a precious metal. It is part of…
SourceCALCUTTA, INDIA, August 28, 2004: Puja organizers this year will have to pay a fee for immersing icons in the Hooghly, neighborhood ponds and lakes. The decision has been taken at a recent meeting between the police and the state pollution control board (PCB). Officials said the funds raised by Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) and other civic bodies around the…
SourcePUNJAB, INDIA, September 6, 2004: In Kapurthala district of Punjab, Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal is popularly called the “ecological saint.” Seechewal is on a unique mission to clean up the 110-mile-long Kali Bein rivulet and shore up its embankment. While the state government couldn’t afford to undertake the task due to the sheer scale of effort and resources required, 42-year-old…
SourceUSA, September 2, 2004: Skipping Stones: the multicultural magazine edited by a born-again Hindu, Arun Narayan Toke, is suggesting that educators, schools, institutions and communities everywhere observe September 11 as a Day of Dialogue; a day to acknowledge and celebrate our differences! Writes Toke: When we listen to others, when we know their stories, they are no longer strangers. Becoming…