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 KAUAI, HAWAII, July 11, 2002: Hinduism Today requests HPI readers to send to “source” above the names and contact information for foundations or other charitable institutions who might give grants to Hindu institutions for religious-oriented projects. The organizations don’t have to be Hindu in nature, but do need to include in their charitable purposes the ability to…
Source: CNS News PHILIPPINES, July 11, 2002: The Roman Catholic Church in Asia’s staunchest Catholic country, the Philippines, has apologized for cases of sexual abuse by priests over the past two decades. Following a weekend conference, Archbishop Orlando Quevedo, the president of the Catholic Bishops Conference, said up to 200 priests – of a total of 7,000 – may have…
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…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 11, 2002: We missed this one the first time around, but just two months ago, India’s billionth citizen entered the world. The government decided that special baby was Ashtha (“faith”), born at Safdarjang Hospital in Delhi, May 11 to Anjana and Ashok Arora in Safdarjang Hospital in the Indian capital at 5:05 a.m.…