GO TO SOURCE CLAYTON, U.S.A., March 25, 2003: Two 17-year-old boys are charged with firebombing attacks at a Hindu temple in suburban St. Louis, investigators said Monday. The youths are charged with second-degree arson and criminal possession of a weapon in the attacks on the temple. St. Louis County Police said temple officials initially wondered if the attacks were crimes…
Source: HPI KATHMANDU, NEPAL, March 22, 2003: King Gyanendra and Queen Komal of Nepal began an 11-day Indian pilgrimage last Thursday, visiting a number of Hindu shrines in southern India. This is King Gyanendra’s first religious trip abroad. H. H. Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchipuram invited the world’s only Hindu monarch to a festival of kotihom (sacred fire) and the…
GO TO SOURCE CHENNAI, INDIA, March 22, 2003: Deputy Prime Minister L. K. Advani met with His Holiness Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchipuram and urged him to pursue the initiative taken by him to help reach an agreement among concerned parties regarding Ayodhya. The Sankaracharya had earlier held discussions with leaders from both the Muslim and Hindu communities, but without…
GO TO SOURCE LAUTOKA, FIJI, March 27, 2003: The 100th Anniversary Commemoration of the arrival of Fiji’s south Indians will be held on Friday, April 11, with an Inauguration Ceremony at the newly established Lautoka Sangam Village in Lovu. Then India Sanmarga Ikya Sangam will hold its 77th Annual Convention in Lautoka, Fiji, on April 18, 2003. The Convention will…
GO TO SOURCE BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, March 22, 2003: The Orissa Government will soon come up with a “culture policy” designed to stop the blatant commercialization of Lord Jagannath of Puri, state Panchayatiraj Minister Damodar Rout told the assembly today. The minister’s announcement came after Speaker Sarat Kumar Kar directed the state government to take necessary steps to stop the “desecration…
Source: HPI PUNE, INDIA, March 22, 2003: The inclusion of scientific understanding has added a deeper meaning to traditional Hindu ceremonies, thanks to specially trained priests by the Jnana Prabodhini’s Santrika section. The head of Jnana Prabodhini, Yeshwant Lele says, “More and more people are curious about the rituals they have been performing blindly over the years. The priests trained…
GO TO SOURCE MADURAI, INDIA, March 24, 2003: Nepal King Gyanendra and Queen Komal Rajalakshmi Devi offered prayers and had “archana” at the Sri Meenakshi Amman-Sundareswar temple in Madurai on Monday. The King and his entourage, accompanied by the officials from the External Affairs ministry, were given a traditional welcome by folk dancers at the entrance of the temple. Later…
GO TO SOURCE MARYLAND, USA: A fund raising dinner with live entertainment for San Marga’s Iraivan Temple will be held on Saturday, April 19, 2003, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Murugan Temple of North America. The temple is located at 6300 Princess Garden Parkway, Lanham, Maryland. For further information kindly contact “source” above.
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, USA, May 25, 2002: Hindus bless all implements or items to be used for daily life, protecting them from bad influences and blessing them in God’s name. This is true of things like homes, cars and motorized vehicles of all types. Emmigration hasn’t hampered the tradition, and every temple in the US is prepared to…
GO TO SOURCE PARIS, FRANCE, March 17, 2003: In Paris more than three months of festivities dedicated to Hindustani classical music from the 14th to the 20th centuries opens this week. It will include concerts, films, talks and a show of rare instruments from north India. Held at the Cite de la Musique from March 19 to June 29, the…