SourceNEW DELHI, INDIA, August 15, 2004: Sanskrit Bharati is a voluntary movement to bring about social change by practicing Sanskrit language in day-to-day life. It was formed in 1981 in Bangalore, Karnataka. It teaches a unique method to learn Sanskrit within 10 days (two hours per day) through simple spoken Sanskrit course (Sanskrit Sambhashana Sibiram). Sanskrit Bharati nurtures the belief…
SourceTOLEDO, OHIO, August 14, 2004: Since August of 1989, the Hindu community in Toledo has been worshipping at their Hindu Temple and Heritage Hall on a 15-acre parcel on King Road in Sylvania Township. This year during the Festival of India, the 500 area families are hosting special events in honor of the 15th anniversary. The article says, “This weekend’s…
SourceKAUAI, HAWAII, August 24, 2004: Hinduism Today is working on a story on the Sri Vidya tradition and is seeking experts to assist with, or even write, up an extensive coverage of the tradition. If you’d like to help, kindly e-mail “source” above.
SourceKAUAI, HAWAII, August 24, 2004: Hinduism Today is working on a story on how to make financial investments (stocks, etc.) which are in accord with dharma. There are today investment firms which provide investment choices for Catholics, Muslims, vegetarians, environmentalists, etc., through the use of “screens” to exclude certain kinds of companies. The story will focus on the range of…
SourceKAPAA, HAWAII, August 23, 2004: HPI Note: This restaurant is a few miles from the ashram here, so we did not want to pass up this piece of news of it. It’s one of the restaurants we recommend to pilgrims to our island. When Mark Reinfeld and Gabriel Zingaro opened the 30-seat Blossoming Lotus restaurant in 2002 and offered “vegan…
SourcePUNE, INDIA, August 20, 2004: The Indian herpetological (the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians) society has appealed to the public not to worship live snakes and instead use wooden or glass replicas on the occasion of Nag Panchami on Friday. The society has distributed over 300 fiberglass snake icons to Ganesh mandals in the city and has…
SourceCHENNAI, INDIA, August 9, 2004: An international group, led by N. Kannan of Korea Ocean Research Development Institute, is attempting to create a Web database of Tamil literary works which languish in ancient palm leafs and old books. In Chennai recently, Dr. Kannan spoke about his pet project which was conceived and implemented from his base in Boeblingen, Germany. The…
SourceUSA, August 21, 2004: HPI reader Vasudha Narayanan points out that President Bush made the same mistake of saying “Hindi” instead of “Hindu” (see HPI August 20) on the Larry King show of August 12. The show transcript (“source”) reads: Larry King: “But you don’t see this as a Christianity against the world.” President Bush: “No, of course not. I…
SourceINDIA, August 05, 2004: Railway Board Chairman R. K. Singh has instructed railway authorities to remove pictures of Gods and Goddesses from all rail stations, following Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s drive to free stations from all religious influences. This has angered railway employees, travellers and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The order may have been prompted by complaints that many…
SourceBATAKOOT, INDIA, July 25, 2004: For over 150 years, 60 Muslim families, the Maliks, have been caretakers of the Amarnath Shrine. Their ancestors discovered the shrine and the Hindu king of the time, Gulab Singh, declared that the offerings from worship be distributed equally among the Maliks, the mahant (priest), and the Hindus. This is the way things have been…