GO TO SOURCE TIRUPATI, INDIA, October 23, 2002: The controversial BBC News feature on the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), shown under its “Business Bizarre” slot, called “The Business of Faith,” was shown today to the local media by the TTD’s public relations department in a bid to set at rest the controversy it has caused. The July 9 telecast caused…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, October 25, 2002: The beauty parlor at Tihar Jail was the scene of unusual rush this week. The effort put in by the parlor staff was evident in Jail No. 6 where the women inmates looked strikingly beautiful this Karva Chauth (Husband’s Day). Dressed in their best saris, new back clips and hair specially set…
Source: Shrinivas Tilak October 26, 2002: Following are the major and minor festivals of Hinduism for the next month. October 26, KARVA ( or Karwah) CHAUTH: Married Hindu women of North India observe fast and offer prayers seeking the welfare, prosperity, and a long life of their husbands and families. The fast is broken only after the moon is sighted…
Source: Agence France Presse KUTA, INDONESIA, October 18, 2002: Hindu priests led hundreds of villagers and tourists in a solemn ceremony at the site of a massive car bomb explosion where nearly 200 were killed. Crowds carrying flowers and wreaths walked along the narrow Raya Legian Street to Bali’s “Ground Zero.” They were allowed inside a police cordon to say…
GO TO SOURCE UNITED STATES, October 25, 2002: As the United States moves toward a more multicultural and multi-faith society at the beginning of the 21st century, “Hindu-Bashing in Early 20th Century U.S.A.,” brings to light some unpleasant realities early Hindu immigrants faced in America. By 1920, 6,400 Asian Indians, mostly Sikhs from the Punjab, had immigrated to America. They…
Source: Outlook India BANARAS INDIA, October 20,2002: Dayanita Singh, renowned photographer whose ground breaking work showing middle class India has helped redefine the Western view of India, recently visited Anandamaya Ma’s Kanyapeeth in Banaras. One of the 20th century’s most important saints, Anandamaya Ma, who attained Mahasamadhi in 1982, set up what is probably still the only gurukulam for girls…
GO TO SOURCE RISHIKESH, INDIA, October 25, 2002: Swami Rama Sadhana Mandir Trust and Swami Rama’s Himalayan Institute Hospital will convene an International Conference on Science and Meditation, November 10 through the 12, 2002, near Rishikesh, India. The ICSM offers a unique opportunity for dialogue between practitioners of various meditative traditions and with scientists, whose expertise in meditation research is…
Source: The Hindu BANGALORE, INDIA, October 12, 2002: Upon retirement as the Director of Pasteur Institute of India at Coonoor, Dr. Prasada Rao Gandlur conceived the idea of producing a virtual music tutor on the “Beauty of Carnatic Music.” The second edition of this two-volume CD has just been launched by Blue Lotus Informatics in Bangalore. The first CD outlines…
Source: Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 21, 2002: The RSS, ideological mentor of India’s ruling nationalist BJP party, Monday rejected calls by a radical leader for Hindu suicide squads, according to a report in Agence France Presse, the French wire service. Shiv Sena party leader, Bal Thackeray, leading political power of Gujarat, last week said Hindus must make…
Source: Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 18, 2002: The VHP is upset with the United States Embassy for ordering T-shirts for its security personnel which portray a caricature of Hindu Goddess Durga with the Taj Mahal in the backdrop. The Embassy had ordered the T-Shirts from a local supplier and upon receiving the shirts with the controversial designs, was…