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…
Source: The Hindu DELHI, INDIA, February 23, 2002: “The world’s most graceful dress for women is just six yards of untailored cloth. A few deft operations and you step forth with poise and presence. Here in these pages is the secret of how to do it….” Thus goes a leaflet presented by the Central Cottage Industries Emporium (CCIE) to coincide…
Source: Frankfurter Allgemeine HAMM, GERMANY, February 22, 2002: Workers are still building the temple devoted to the goddess Sri Kamadchi Ampal, but next month the special painters will come from India to color the Gods inside for the official opening in July. This gritty city on the eastern fringe of the Ruhr industrial region will have what the builders say…