Source: Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, November 17, 2001: To mark the Hindu New Year of 2058, more than 2,000 gathered at Valley Hindu Temple to light ritual fires, recite prayers for peace and offer food to Lord Krishna. The New Year was celebrated on the fourth day of the five-day festival of Divali, the festival of lights. At…
Source: The Hindu ORISSA, INDIA, November 16, 2001: Recent temple thefts of precious murthis from the Sri Jagannath Complex in Puri has caused an investigation into the effectiveness of the police force of the state in recovering the stolen property. Quoting the article, “There had been as many as 19 temple thefts in the five years from 1996 to 2000.…
GO TO SOURCE UNITED KINGDOM, November 16, 2001: An advertising campaign to warn Asian communities in the UK of the dangers of smoking and chewing tobacco is being launched by the government. It hopes to encourage people in Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian communities to quit the habit, particularly as they are more susceptible to the diseases that result from nicotine…
GO TO SOURCE KAUAI, HAWAII, November 20, 2001: We request any HPI reader to send us the printed version of the story on Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami’s passing that appeared in the November 18, Sunday, edition of the New York Times under “obituaries.”
GO TO SOURCE DHAKA, BANGLADESH, November 17, 2001: Minority Hindus in the southern Bangladeshi port city of Chittagong have staged a violent protest following the murder of a prominent university professor Gopal Krishna Mahuri, who was shot dead at point-blank range on Friday by unidentified assailants. His killers escaped after the shooting. Protesters said he was killed because he was…
Source: The Hindu PATHANAMTHITTA, INDIA, November 15, 2001: The sanctum sanctorum of the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple has been opened for the two-month-long annual Mandalam-Makaravilaku pilgrim season. The holy hillock witnessed a heavy rush today when the temple was opened for the pilgrim season. The Tantri (head priest), Mr. Kantaru Mohanaru, said that the Neyyabhishekam ritual would begin tomorrow morning, the…
Source: Hinduism Today Correspondent Kalyani Giri HOUSTON, TEXAS, November 18, 2001: Prominent Hindu leaders from Houston’s many organizations and members of the local community gathered on November 18, at Keshav Smruti to celebrate the life of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, affectionately known as Gurudeva. The charismatic Hindu religious leader passed away on November 12 after a short battle with cancer at…
Source: Hinduism Today Correspondent Paras Ramoutar TRINIDAD, November 19, 2001: The 15th Annual Divali Nagar ended with an inspirational observation by the President of Trinidad and Tobago, His Excellency President A.N.R. Robinson. He was among a host of dignitaries who included Prime Minister Basdeo Panday and Mrs. Oma Panday. Prime Minister Panday who visited the Nagar on Saturday night November…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, November 18, 2001: Today’s issue of the New York Times contains a lengthy story on the passing of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami at “source.” It recounts how “the native Californian who sought spiritual meaning in India as a young man and became the spiritual leader of Sri Lankan Hindus, died on Tuesday at his…
GO TO SOURCE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, November 18, 2001: Percussion maestro and South Africa’s doyen of Carnatic music Gopalan Govender passed away here on November 17. He was 77 years of age. During the 1900s in the apartheid years, he started a renaissance among generations of indentured laborers, instilling in them a sense of pride in their rich cultural heritage…