Religion News ServiceLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, August 21, 2003: A Los Angeles federal judge has agreed to reconsider his earlier ruling that declared parts of the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson had alarmed some lawyers and religious leaders when he ruled in June that the federal law aimed at helping houses…
SourceSUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, August 23, 2003: Dr. Yvette Rosser will give a talk August 23, 2003, from 6: to 7:30 pm at the Fair Oaks Community Center, 540 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Sunnyvale, California on the subject of the treatment of India as a subject in American schools. Admission is free. Dr. Rosser’s study, an analysis of the treatment of India…
SourceKAUAI, HAWAII, August 22, 2003: Vishwan@aol.com made this interesting suggestion for an article in Hinduism Today: “The Unitarian Universalist Congregation churches have opened their doors to many small Hindu bhajana or study groups in many cities in the U.S. In our town, they have even permitted us to put up a permanent altar within the confines of their church building,…
SourceBRAZIL, August 15, 2003: India and Brazil may have more in common than the story of the historical error made by Portuguese explorer Pedros Alvares Cabral, who sailed from Lisbon in 1500 for India but landed in Brazil. Now the two countries, on board the IBSA tri-lateral initiative, may discover a “Shri Ram” connection in their ties. The Amazon rain…
SourceLONDON, ENGLAND, August 14, 2003: School children consume more fatty foods as their lives grow stressful, which could lead to increased risk of heart disease, cancer or Type 2 diabetes. Type 2 is the most common form of diabetes, where either the body does not produce insulin or the cells ignore the insulin, and is the result of poor diet.…
SourceLONDON, UK, August 17, 2003: Research begun in London in 1958 has just been published in the current edition of the Journal of Consciousness Studies. It is the most thorough scientific study ever made into the subject of astrology, asserts this article. The research faults astrology’s central claim — that human characteristics are moulded by the influence of the Sun,…
SourceUSA, August 21, 2003: America’s Second Harvest, a charity aimed at alleviating hunger, would like to post an article on the Hindu perspective on hunger. They would like people to be able to contact Hindu organizations that are involved with aleviating hunger. If you can assist, please e-mail Swami Saradananda at “source” above. America’s Second Harvest is a network of…
SourceKOLKATA, INDIA, August 15, 2003: The imposing Shri Radha Krishna Temple in the heart of upscale Ballygunje has emerged as the prime spiritual destination for the people of the city. The grandiose structure — a classic blend of temple architecture of Orissa and South India — attracts more than 2.5 million devotees a year. Spread over 22,000 sq ft, the…
News ReportsTAMIL NADU, INDIA, August 10, 2003: When those devotees fortunate enough to pilgrimage to Kailash and Manasarovar returned home, they shared their testamonies of the experience at the Siva Temple in Erode. About 1,000 devotees gathered for a special abhishekam (Deity worship) and homan (fire worship) followed by the guest pilgrim speakers. Eighty people from Tamil Nadu, who had…
SourceNASIK, INDIA, August 11, 2003: From flyovers (that’s a road overpass in India) to water supply schemes, who would have thought the Maha Kumbh would give a US$93 million boost to Nashik’s economy? After all, many Kumbh Melas have come and gone but none quite brought a change in the city’s fortunes. But this year’s Maha Kumbh is different. With…