SourceKAUAI, HAWAII, February 1, 2004: The April-May-June ’04 issue of Hinduism Today (coming out early March) will contain a special 16-page article giving very good and full answers to the 10 questions Hindus hear most often — generally with embarrassment for lack a strong, clear answer. “Are Hindus idol worshippers?” can be quite disturbing, even damaging, when the answer is…
SourceLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, January 26, 2004: After experiencing heart palpitations Jon Mejia’s doctor diagnosed abnormal heart rhythm and sent him to a specialist at a prestigious Los Angeles medical center. Although his doctor told him that beta blocker drugs could control the symptoms, Mejia, 49, didn’t want to take them because of concerns about side effects. So Mejia turned instead…
SourceLAHORE, PAKISTAN, January 28, 2004: The Archaeology Department in Pakistan’s Punjab province has begun supervision of restoration work of the famous Hindu shrine of Ketas, which is located between Kallar Kahar and Choa Saidan Shah. The first phase of the restoration work is likely to cost US$140,000 and will be completed in the next few months, Faisal Ali, an official…
SourceSURAT, INDIA, January 30, 2004: A day after the VHP and Bajrang Dal workers allegedly vandalized paintings of MF Hussain and others at an exhibition in Surat claiming that “they displayed utter dishonor towards Goddess Durga,” the renowned painter on Friday said the Durga painting was not done by him. “The painting was the work of a known painter of…
SourceUNITED KINGDOM, January 28, 2004: Scientists believe they have identified the main cause behind the catastrophic decline in the numbers of Asian vultures. In the past 10 years, population losses of more than 95% have been reported in three raptor species — Oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis), the long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) and the slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) — across…
SourceSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, January 31, 2004: Perhaps the use of the similar Hindu science of Vastu Shastra for home and building design can be similarly recommended… Here’s the report from the Associated Press: State Assemblyman Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, has introduced a resolution that urges public building officials to accommodate feng shui — the ancient Chinese art of designing structures…
SourceSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, January 30, 2004: A memorial service for Sister Gargi of the Northern California Vedanta Society will be held at the Old Temple in San Francisco on Sunday, February 1 and 1:00 pm. The Society notes that, “Swami Ashokananda was not the founder of the SF Vedanta Society. Swami Vivekanandaji founded the center, and it was built up…
SourceSRI LANKA, January 30, 2004: Sri Lanka’s National Integration Programme Unit (NIPU) launched a project to train community mediators from among the respected clergy of all faiths in selected seven districts in the country to provide voluntary services to promote peace and national integration. The first training program for selected Hindu priests, inaugurated in Trincomalee Sri Vigneswara Maha Vidiyalayam in…
SourceNETHERLANDS, January 30, 2003. According to a press release from “source” above, Agni Foundation’s annual symposium’s theme this year in February is Religious Cleansing For Centuries In The South Asian subcontinent. The press release read, in part, “In these modern and progressive times, freedom of religion and tolerance are unfortunately not self-evident everywhere on the globe. Speakers will deal with…
SourceSRI LANKA, January 30, 2004: Statistics compiled by major plantation trade unions reveal an alarming rate of unethical religious conversions of Hindus in the plantation sector of the Nuwara Eliya district. The city of Nuwara Eliya and its surroundings had only three major Christian churches for generations. Today there are 23 new Christian churches in Nuwara Eliya alone. The statistics…