GO TO SOURCE GANGA SAGAR, INDIA, January 13, 2002: Security precautions are unprecedented here where the Ganga River enters the Bay of Bengal during the annual Ganga Sagar festival. Already 50,000 pilgrims have arrived and hundreds of thousands more are expected for the main bathing day on the January 14. The state government has requested help from the nation’s Coast…
GO TO SOURCE UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, January 12, 2001: The Uttaranchal police on Tuesday claimed to have busted an international smuggling racket by arresting two persons and recovering a 500-year-old icon of the Jain saint, Lord Mahavir, from them. The duo, members of a gang, were arrested with the 2.75 kg icon, made of ashta dhatu (an alloy of eight…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, ENGLAND, January 12, 2002: London yogis, according to this report, are concerned that nontraditional forms of yoga developed in America may be harmful to some people. Jill Boag-Munroe of the UK’s governing body of yoga, the British Wheel, has studied and taught yoga for 20 years. “I’ve heard and read of American variations, which use machines…
Source: Religion News Service UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, January 9, 2002: A Hindu militant accused of killing an Australian missionary and his two young sons said today he might be a candidate for the Indian parliament from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Dara Singh is one of 17 men accused of setting fire to a jeep in which missionary Graham…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 10, 2002: After years of debate and petitions from Indians living overseas, the government is to allow dual citizenship. The move is intended to maintain links with the Indian diaspora. The government has been seeking ways to create synergy between the Indian diaspora and its rapid economic reform and globalization agenda. Critics say…
GO TO SOURCE BHOPAL, INDIA, JANUARY 6, 2002: The tribal belt of Jhabua and Dhar districts in Madhya Pradesh near here has become a major headache for Digvijay Singh’s government as the RSS plans to build devalayas (Hindu places of worship) in 350,000 tribal homes in these two districts. The RSS chief of Indore region, Anila Daga, claims that such…
Source: United News Agency SARNATH, INDIA, January 8, 2001: The Dalai Lama, the exile Tibetan spiritual leader, said Tuesday he will not reincarnate in Tibet or any other territory under Chinese rule. If Tibet was not free when he dies, his reincarnation would be born in some free country elsewhere, the Dalai Lama, 66, said in Sarnath, northern India. Observers…
GO TO SOURCE UDUPI, INDIA, January 7, 2002: The Department of Kayachikitsa of SDM College of Ayurveda and Hospital in Udupi is hosting an International Congress on Ayurvedic Concepts and Treatment of Neurological Disorders on January 10, 11, and 12, 2002 in Bhava Prakasha and Dhanvantary Auditorium of the college. The conference aims to update knowledge of vatavyadhis in relation…
GO TO SOURCE January 10, 2002: In case you ever wondered just how many different world records Indians hold, check this web site at “source.” This sometimes very strange collection of records includes the largest banana sculpture, 21,111 bananas used to make a a Ganesha, and the largest coconut sculpture, 5,000, also to make a Ganesha, both by Vijay Mataykar…
GO TO SOURCE MADIKERI, KARNATAKA, INDIA, January 6, 2002: “The state government has decided to constitute a nine-member committee for each of the 43,000 temples coming under the Muzarai Department, responsible for public temples in the state, following the presidential assent to the Karnataka Religions Institutions and Endowment Act,” said Suma Vasanth, Mujarai Minister. Suma told reporters that selection of…