SourceCHENNAI, INDIA, February 24, 2004: Christians are building a “japakootam,” prayer hall, just a few feet from the outside wall of the Kailasanathar Temple in Covalam, near Mahabalipuram, according to this News Today report. The temple contends the construction is illegal. This report says, “Interestingly, the construction of the japakootam began only after some Hindu volunteers began to involve the…
SourceJAMMU, INDIA, February 20, 2004: A three-month, free Sanskrit language course organized by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University) was inaugurated today at Shri Ranbir Campus by Dr. Jitender Udhampuri, Director Radio Kashmir Jammu. Many distinguished Sanskrit lovers and enthusiasts and participants, besides the Principal, staff and students of the campus, were present on the occasion. In his inaugural address, Dr.…
HPIDELHI, INDIA, February 25, 2004: Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rajeev Lochanacharya Ji, Yoga Shakti Peethadheshwar, Barfani Dham, a disciple of Barfani Baba Ji of Barfani Dham Ashram, Malviya Nagar, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, passed away on the midnight of Mahashivaratri February 18 at 12.30 am while he was on the holy pilgrimage of Kailash Mansarover. The above news was given a few…
SourceKATHMANDU, NEPAL, Feberuary 24, 2004: Over 10,000 people have lost their lives during the course of insurgency in the last eight years, the Home Ministry has said. Speaking at the daily regular press briefing on Friday evening, spokesperson of the Home Ministry Gopendra Bahadur Pandey informed that 1,122 policemen, 372 Royal Nepal Army soldiers and 172 Armed Police Force personnel…
SourceTHE HAGUE, AMSTERDAM, February 7, 2004: Racial categorization has been implemented in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan to separate the “true” Bhutanese from the “non-Bhutanese.” Hindus have been enforced to wear clothes which is deemed by the emperor to be truly “Bhutanese.” Grown Hindu women are facing having their long hair forcibly sheared so as to conform with the majority…
SourceMILAN, INDIA, February 22, 2004: The third edition of the Festival of India will take place from Thursday, March 25, to Sunday, March 28, at Forum, Assago, Milan, Italy, according to this report in Italian at “source.” More than 50 artists are scheduled to perform classical and folk Indian dances. During the four days of the event, the Forum stands…
SourceWELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, February 24, 2004: MeeRa Publications sends this report on Holi festivities: Over two million Indians throughout America will be celebrating Holi on March 6 — a Hindu festival of colors to welcome spring. Holi is celebrated by millions of Hindus in India and around the world by throwing colors at each other, having a bonfire and with a…
SourceMUMBAI, INDIA, February 24, 2004: Kumudini Mayur notifies us from Mumbai that her brother, Dr. Rashmi Mayur, has passed away in Mumbai on February 10, 2004. There will be a memorial on March 23, 2004, near the UN in New York. She says that his friends and well-wishers are most welcome to attend. E-mail her at kamud@hotmail.com for details. An…
SourceDURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, February 22, 2004: Thieves targeted a Hindu temple and national monument in Ladysmith three nights in a row. Religious icons, lamps, crockery and prayer carpets were stolen from the 100-year-old Hindu Thirukootam and Shree Ganasar Temple. “We have damage estimated at about US$1,500. We had icons and lamps that came from India. Some of the lamps are…
SourceCOLOMBO, SRI LANKA, February 16, 2004: Sri Lanka is an avowedly Buddhist country, and the majority population is Sinhala-Buddhist. But the Buddhist here are also ardent worshippers of Hindu Gods. When the need arises, they may even indulge in Hindu ritualistic practices, says this report in the Hindustan Times. In fact, the worship of Hindu Gods is intrinsic to the…