GO TO SOURCE PUNE, INDIA, March 15, 2003: The non-governmental organization (NGO), Kalpavriksha, has offered healthy alternatives to chemical colors to ensure safe celebrations of Holi. Kalpavriksha has obtained 100 percent natural and safe colors from Delhi-based NGO Development Alternatives. The have headed a campaign against highly toxic dyes and powders used for Holi colors and are teaching women to…
Source: HPI KAUAI, U.S.A., March 20, 2003: As reported recently, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in India declared Holi should be celebrated on March 19, while many Hindu priests held that Holi was actually a day earlier. HPI asked readers for their authoritative comments, and a number were received here from astrologers and priests giving their insights into the…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 18, 2003: The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the officials of the Social Welfare Department of the Delhi government to visit four temples in the capital and report on the problems created by beggars and to suggest ways begging can be eliminated. The temples where the problem was at its peak were…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 16, 2003: Does the display of Gods and Goddesses on commercial goods like tobacco products hurt the religious sentiments of people? No, says the office of Trademarks Registry. In an affidavit filed before the Delhi High Court, the Trademarks Registry has said that Hinduism has innumerable Gods and Goddesses and to put them…
GO TO SOURCE TIRUPATI, INDIA, March 5, 2003: Simarouba (Simarouba Glauca), also known as the “Paradise tree,” a native of El Salvador, Central America, was first introduced in Amravati, Maharashtra, in 1966. Syamasundar Joshi, a scientist in the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, who has studied the tree, believes apart from edible purposes, it could be a promising ingredient in…
Source: Office of Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) WASHINGTON, D.C. USA, March 6, 2003: U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr., founder of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives asking Congress to request the United States Postal Service to issue a stamp honoring the holiday of Deepavali. The Citizen’s Stamp Advisory…
GO TO SOURCE TIRUCHI, INDIA, March 2 , 2003: Six stone statues, including those of Mahavira, Jeyshtadevi and Muruga, have been unearthed from a field in Gundur near here where it is believed there was once a temple. The two and a half feet high by two feet wide icon of Mahavira, seated on a throne in a meditative posture,…
GO TO SOURCE KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, March 14, 2003: Her Holiness, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) will be in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 28 – 29, 2003, at Mid Valley Exhibition Center, Level 3, Mid Valley Megamall, Lingkaran Syed Putra, Kuala Lumpur. Beginning at 7:30 pm each evening, there will be satsang, bhajans and darshan, which in Her Holiness’ context…
Source: www.ndtv.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, March 15, 2003: Nepal’s King Gyanendra and Queen Komal will visit India next week to pray at temples and take part in religious festivities, state-run Radio Nepal said on Saturday. The royal couple will leave for southern India on March 20, returning home March 30. During the trip the king and queen will visit Hindu temples…
GO TO SOURCE VIENNA, AUSTRIA, March 11, 2003: A conference and action day of the “Viennese Center of Health Promotion” was held in the historical rooms of the Viennese Town Hall. More than 20 exhibitors gave a summary of their efforts to improve the health situation especially for pupils and students. One of the most frequented stands was “Yoga In…