GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, JULY 12, 2002: The Jagannath Rath Yatra, an annual religious event in which a chariot is drawn for eight miles through the streets of Ahmedabad, has been conducted peacefully, despite fears that it might trigger a resurgence of religious violence that erupted there earlier this year. Thousands of troops and police had taken up positions…
GO TO SOURCE KAUAI, HAWAII, July 12, 2002: India Today’s recent edition carries a fine article on the Iraivan Hindu Temple being built here at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery, home of Hinduism Today and Hindu Press International. The hand-carved, white granite, Chola-style ornate temple will be the first all-stone temple in America. The author visited the temple carving site located outside…
GO TO SOURCE CALGARY, CANADA July 6, 2002: A 20-year-old elephant called Spike at Calgary Zoo has had his tusks fitted with stainless steel caps. The elephant, had cracked his left tusk while playing with tires. About one third of the tusk broke off and there was a split almost up to the jawline. The Asian elephant would have been…
Source: The Hindu CHENNAI, INDIA, July 9, 2002: Four intruders to Thiruvavaduthurai Aadheenam were surprised by security guards and chased from the premises last night. A pair of gloves and a syringe with a white color liquid were found on the premises. Five persons have now been arrested by police, including a former employee of the 600-year-old aadheenam, a monastery-temple…
GO TO SOURCE AYODHYA, INDIA, June 25, 2002: Prominent saints and seers in this temple town today demanded a ban on the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), saying that the VHP’s decision not to abide by the court order on the Ram temple issue would “encourage the cult of religious terrorism.” “The VHP’s decision is violative of constitutional provisions and such…
GO TO SOURCE BANGALORE, INDIA, July 8, 2002: Dr. Mitchell W. Krucoff, Director, Interventional Device Trials and Ischemia Monitoring Lab, Duke University Medical Center, is in the middle of a project MANTRA, which can change the way cardiologists look at cardiac care. In Bangalore en route to the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Puttaparthi, he shared some…
GO TO SOURCE SHIMLA, INDIA, JULY 8, 2002: Just after offering prayers, Sonam Norbu, main lama of the Sonam Norbu monastery, heard a creaking sound which he traced to the cracking of the main beam over the icon of Vairocana, located in the sanctum of the assembly hall. This thousand-year-old monastery in Tabo, located in the tribal Lahaul and Spiti…
GO TO SOURCE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA, July 8, 2002: “Only God can prevent the breakout of an epidemic during the pilgrim season in Sabarimala,” chairman of Assembly Environment committee, George J. Matthew said here on Monday. The eight-member committee which submitted its report on Sabarimala told reporters, the popular pilgrim centre was facing immense health and environment problems. Matthew said,…
GO TO SOURCE MONTREAL, CANADA, June 8, 2002: A colloquium was held on Saturday, June 8, 2002, at the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Canada to explore the possibility of employing indigenous dharma as an epistemic category to understand Indic religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism) following the lead provided by Dr. Ambedkar. The following persons participated: Mr.…
GO TO SOURCE BANGALORE, INDIA, July 9, 2002: A short stay in a temple or place of worship can actually improve your mental health, a study has shown. Researchers in India found that a six-week stay at a Hindu temple can produce the same improvement in people with severe psychiatric disorders as a month-long course of standard drugs. According to…