GO TO SOURCE WASHINGTON, D.C., October 1, 2002: Seven of Bali’s top Hindu dancers arrived in the United States recently to commence a five-week national tour beginning October 1 near Washington, D. C. Heading the troupe is one of Bali’s oldest, best known and highly respected dancers, Ni Ketuk Cenik. The Master Dancers of Bali – an exposition of the…
GO TO SOURCE SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, October 7, 2002: Cardinal Vinko Puljic, archbishop of Sarajevo, has been discussing with representatives of European episcopates the difficulty of coexistence with Islam. The cardinal has been the host of the plenary assembly of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE). Excerpts from this very informative interview: Q: How are relations between Catholics and Muslims…
Source: Dr. Hari Bansh Jha, Hinduism Today Correspondent KATHMANDU, NEPAL, October 8, 2002: At Hotel Everest Sheraton in Kathmandu, the capital city of world’s only Hindu Kingdom Nepal, the three-day 15th Executive Committee Meeting of World Hindu Federation (WHF) commenced on September 9 with the objective of giving new life to the world body. Attended by delegates of OMKAR family…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, October 6, 2002: Since most Balinese dances are centuries old, people attend performances not so much for the stories as for the chance to see different interpretations of familiar roles. They judge the artists mainly on the eloquence of hand gestures and facial expressions. After so many years, Ms. Cenik has developed an…
GO TO SOURCE COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, October 4, 2002: In the wake of Buddhist leaders in Sri Lanka exerting pressure on the prime minister and the government to rescind the visas of Christian missionaries and ban conversions to Christianity, Gospel for Asia has asked their followers to pray to keep Christian missionaries active in Sri Lanka (see their website at…
Source: NDTV.com GANDHINAGAR, INDIA, October 7, 2001: Thirteen days after the gates of the Akshardham Swaminarayan Temple were closed since the September 24 terrorists’ attack, devotees were allowed inside on the first day of Navaratri today. “The gates were thrown open at 9:34 am after the traditional arati and shanti paath in presence of senior saint, Sant Ishwarcharan Swami,” a…
Source: http://www.mimeindia.com KOLKATA, INDIA, October 1, 2002: Internationally known mime artist Shri Niranjan Goswami has been invited by the Banga Mela committee to perform Mukabhinaya at their cultural program in Nashville, Tennessee in July, 2003. Shri Goswami will donate proceeds from the performance to the National Mime Institute’s Building Fund and to the Hridaya Akash, an Indian Mime Theater (IMT)…
GO TO SOURCE STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA, October 1, 2002: A recent study found that people in southern India who hoped to escape poverty by selling a kidney were often worse off financially and less healthy after surgery. Dr. Madhav Goyal, a State college-based internist with the Geisinger Health system, found that a majority of donors were women and that at…
Source: AFP WASHINGTON, D.C., October 3, 2002: A US government advisory panel has recommended that the State Department designate 12 nations “countries of particular concern” because of their alleged violations of religious freedom, a move that could trigger sanctions against them. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom said the nations should include Myanmar, North Korea, India, Iran, Iraq, Laos,…
GO TO SOURCE MADURAI, SOUTH INDIA, October 4, 2002: The popular Meenakshi Amman temple here is organizing a “108 veenai isai vazhipadu” (offering worship by playing 108 veenas), to invoke the blessings of Goddess Saraswathi for the educational advancement of the students of Tamil Nadu. Executive officer of the temple P. Bhaskaran told reporters here that the worship would be…