SourceESPANOLA, NEW MEXICO, September 28, 2004: The Sikh Dharma community, founded in the early 1970’s provides a place where admirers of Yogi Bhajan, a Sikh spiritual leader and yoga master, can live in harmony and follow their beliefs in vegetarianism, meditation and community service. Except for Yogi Bhajan, who was born in India and came to the United States in…
HPIKAUAI, HAWAII, September 30, 2004: In a search for a good rendition of the story of the blind men and the elephant, we came across this poem by American poet John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) based on the famous Hindu parable. The poem provides a metaphorical explanation as to how the descriptions in the world’s religions of the one Supreme Being…
SourceTRINIDAD, September 25, 2004: A monument of Mahant Ramdass was unveiled at the El Dorado Shiv Mandir last Sunday. The late Mahant, fondly called “Kutia Baba” by villagers, came to Trinidad from India as an indentured immigrant in 1889. During his lifetime, he was “guru” and godfather to many, rendering social and religious service to his community and people around…
SourceNEW YORK, NEW YORK, August 28, 2004: Celebrations of the 150th Sree Narayana Gurudeva Jayanthi were held across the world during the weekend of August 28-29. The followers of Sree Narayana Guru in the North East region of the U.S. celebrated under the auspices of Sree Narayana Association of North America with a full day’s events celebrating the life of…
SourceNEW DELHI, INDIA, September 24, 2004: Spectacular spins, rhythmic footwork, graceful detailed movements, this Kathak dancer has it all. Meet Masako Sato, a Japanese chemical engineer, who has dedicated herself to Indian classical dance, her passion and now her life. “Since childhood I was interested in dance, but my family couldn’t afford it. My mother taught me Japanese classical dance…
The Toronto StarBRAMPTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, September 13, 2004: When Sat Malik arrived in Canada over 30 years ago, he decided to settle in the province of Ontario. Malik recalls this time, “When I arrived in the early 1970’s, I could hardly find another South Asian man on the street, never mind a Hindu temple.” Wanting to connect with his religious…
SourceMUMBAI, INDIA, September 21, 2004: A Mumbai-based non-governmental organization, the Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Upasana Trust, headed by Dr. Aniruddha Joshi, is spreading awareness about environment-friendly Ganesh icons. “One-and-a-half months back we decided to encourage people to make Ganesh icons using paper pulp, which will reduce pollution and won’t harm fish,” said Sandhyaveera Jaykar, a member of the trust. Earlier Jaykar…
SourceKOLKATA, INDIA, September 23, 2004: Mauritius has scrapped the visa system for Indian tourists from next month to give a fillip to tourism. “We have taken this very important decision to abolish the visa system for all bona fide Indian nationals willing to visit Mauritius, and this law will be effective from October,” Mauritius Tourism and Leisure Minister Anil K.…
SourceHOUSTON, TEXAS, September 20, 2004: To propagate Samskrit, Samskrita Bharati recently organized Mandakini, a Samskritam Sambhasan Shibharam, residential samskritam conversation camps in Boston, San Jose and Houston. There were various sessions with emphasis on spoken Samskritam. Through activities such as conversation, singing, enacting small skits, chanting and writing, the camp provides opportunities to connect to the roots of all Indian…
SourceMALAYSIA, September 15, 2004: Datuk A. Vaithilingam, President of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam, spoke at a recent press conference to give more information on the Hindu Dharmic Son/Hindu Dharmic Daughter Award to be held on January 16, 2005. “This award, is in our opinion, a very timely one, and we hope that this will go further in encouraging our youths…