SourceMYSORE, INDIA, September 3, 2004: As Ganesha Chaturthi approaches this year, environmentalists are encouraging devotees and icon-makers to use biodegradable materials to make the icons and to paint them with natural dyes and vegetable oils. So far this call to protect the rivers, lakes and the sea from the onslaught of harmful substances during the celebration has been voluntary. However,…
SourceWINNIPEG, CANADA, August 29, 2004: Mahatma Gandhi’s long walk through history has paused in an unlikely spot, the central Canadian prairie city of Winnipeg. A life-size statue of the “father of the nation” complete with his signature walking cane, has arrived in central Canada to become the showpiece of a new Museum for Human Rights. The 500-kilo bronze statue created…
SourceDELHI, INDIA, August 30, 2004: The Department of Posts has released a postage stamp today in commemoration of India’s Heritage in Grammar and Mathematics which was influenced by the accomplishments of Panini, one of the greatest grammarians of all time whose work revolutionized the use of language not only in India but also in the rest of the world. The…
SourceDELHI, INDIA, August 30, 2004: Delhi’s Municipal Corporation has given the go-ahead to the second phase of privatization of cremation grounds in the city. The move, they expect, would put an end to the harassment that people have to put up with while performing the last rites at crematoriums. Complaints had been received about people being harassed by officials over…
Rajiv Malik, HPI Correspondent.NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 5, 2004: “A large number of CD’s are being sold in the market today which portray the Hindu Gods and Goddesses in an extremely indecent manner, and I have appealed in writing to the President of India, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Chief Minister of Haryana and the leader of the opposition in…
SourceDELHI, INDIA, September 2, 2004: Pilgrims and regular travelers will be delighted to use the comprehensive schedule of India’s railways now posted on the Internet for the first time. Click “source” to go to the site.
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…