Source: Prakash M. Swamy BRIDGEWATER, March 9, 2002: Over 100 devotees from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland gathered on March 9 at Bridgewater Temple Community Center, New Jersey, braving morning cold, to take part in the 33rd Jayanti Celebrations of Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswati Swamiji, the junior seer of Kanchi Kamakoti Peeth in Tamil Nadu. Sri Shankara Vijayendra…
GO TO SOURCE MARICOPA, ARIZONA, March 16, 2002: Although the current building is a beige, modular structure, a 15-acre site in Maricopa will be the first place in Arizona where a traditional-looking Hindu temple will be built. The grand opening for the Maha Ganapati Temple of Arizona took place in February, and 500 devotees made the trip. Temple leaders have…
GO TO SOURCE KERALA, INDIA, March 19, 2002: Unqualified doctors are exploiting the boom in traditional Indian massage treatments, say some experts. Ayurvedic medicine has been practiced in India for thousands of years. But interest in the technique has been growing in other parts of the world with the general trend towards holistic medicines. It has become a big tourist…
GO TO SOURCE HYDERABAD, INDIA, March 18, 2002: In late January the Indian subsidiary of an American company, Catalytic Software, moved into New Oroville, Catalytic’s township of dome-shaped dwellings an hour’s drive south of the technology city of Hyderabad in southern India. Ashok Kumar Madugula, a software developer who is one of the township’s first residents, has quickly adapted to…
GO TO SOURCE UNITED KINGDOM, March 19, 2002: A row has broken out over public access to the complete DNA sequence of the rice plant. Scientists fear there will be restrictions over who can use the data when it is published in an academic journal. Leading geneticists, including two British Nobel Prize winners, have written to the journal Science to…
GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, March 19, 2002: In a fresh outbreak of violence in Bharuch and Modasa towns of Gujarat, four persons were killed and five injured on Tuesday when police opened fire to disperse a rioting mob. Trouble began when a mob gathered at Dandia Bazar and other old city area and indulged in rioting at around1.30 pm.…
GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, March 17, 2002: Recent riots in Ahmedabad have affected Hindus as well as Muslims. It is estimated that more then 10,000 people in the Hindu community have also become homeless. “There seems to be some confusion about the people affected in recent riots. You will not find them in government rolls because they never registered…
Source: The Hindu LATVIA, March 8, 2002: Hindu literature has found an unlikely niche in the Northern European country of Latvia. As far back as the middle of the 19th century, scholars of Latvia discovered that their native language and Sanskrit had commonalities, and that their traditional folklore was similar to Indian mythology. A special interest was cultivated in the…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 19, 2002: For Bazee.com, it was probably just another item. But a tiger skin under the hammer at this e-auction website signalled a chain reaction which has made the site modify its terms and conditions to specifically exclude any trading in animal skins. The issue blew up when the Wildlife Trust of India,…
GO TO SOURCE KAUAI, HAWAII, March 18, 2002: The inspired works of contemporary Hindu swamis is often regarded as sacred texts by millions of Hindus around the world. Among the newest of such books is “Living with Siva, Hinduism’s Contemporary Culture” by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (who’s known to his devotees as Gurudeva.) The final book of a trilogy, Living with…