Source: The Hindu KOTTAKKAL, INDIA, FEBRUARY 23, 2002: The government will soon open an ayurveda research center in Moscow as part of a package of programs being drawn up to preserve and promote ayurveda, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development and Science and Technology, Murli Manohar Joshi, said while inaugurating the centenary celebrations of Vaidyaratnam PS Varier Arya Vaidyasala.…
Source: The Hindu THRISSUR, INDIA, February 25, 2002: Out of a total of 40 of the 58 elephants of the Guruvayur Devaswom-run elephant shelter paraded before the Manjulal premises for the race, only seven elephants were allowed to run. The 39-year-old tusker, Kannan, emerged winner for the seventh time at the famous “anayottam” (elephant race) at the Guruvayur Sree Krishna…
Source: The Hindu TIRUNELVELI, INDIA, February 23, 2002: A tip-off given by a shepherd helped the police recover eight panchaloha (made of five metals) icons worth thousands of dollars, which were stolen from two ancient temples near here in the last two months. The DIG of Police, T. Rajendran, said that some unidentified miscreants took away four icons from the…
GO TO SOURCE TRINIDAD, February 23, 2002: Hindus comprise the second largest religious group in Trinidad and Tobago after Roman Catholics. Most Indians are Hindus, and Indians form just over half of the population (a total of 1.3 million) of the tiny Caribbean island. The Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council announces the publication and sale of its latest souvenir magazine, “Divali November,…
GO TO SOURCE USA, February 25, 2002: Noted religion author and editor Ira Rifkin is seeking Hindus who have written and spoken extensively about economic and cultural globalization for inclusion in his forthcoming book on religious attitudes toward globalization and how globalization has impacted religion. The book is intended as a general introduction to the subject for readers with a…
Source: Press Release, Federation of Hindu Temples of Canada TORONTO, CANADA, February 24, 2002. According to this report on February 8th, 2002, the Gayatri Mandir of Toronto was vandalized. The sacred statues to which worship is dedicated were disfigured. The right hands on the icons of Lord Siva, Shri Hanuman, Devi Lakshmi and Devi Parvati were chopped off. The head…
Source: The Hindu VELLORE, INDIA, February 24, 2002: A temple priest was killed and Vijayendra Saraswathi, the junior Acharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Math, had a providential escape when the temple chariot of the Vallimalai Murugan temple collapsed after an axle of one its front wheels broke. Police here said the annual brahmotsavam of the temple, over 30 km from…
Source: Jakarta Post KARANG ASEM, BALI, February 22, 2002: Nineteen Hindu Pedanda high priests from all over Bali gathered to jointly conduct a rare religious ritual at Pura Goa Raja, one of 18 places of worship at Pura Besakih, the mother temple for Balinese Hindus, near Karang Asem. The priests walked around the Goa Raja temple while chanting to pray…
GO TO SOURCE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, February 20, 2002: The country mourns the end of an era in the passing of an incomparable violinist and music teacher, “Sangeetha Kalaimani” Arunajalam Govindsamy Pillay. Born in Pietermaritzburg in 1924 he came under the tutelage of Edward J. Govindaswami who taught him classical music and Tamil literature. In 1948, Pillay went to India…
GO TO SOURCE AMRITSAR, INDIA, February 18, 2002: After teaching his ancient art of Oriya dance to students in Singapore, Shashadhar Acharya returned home to pass on his skills and passion during a theatre workshop organized by Sangeet Natak Academy and Guru Nanak Dev University. Upon reflection of his experience in Singapore to that of India Shashadhar Acharya said, “He…