GO TO SOURCE ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, November 24, 2001: A vicar in Essex has banned yoga classes from his church hall because he fears it is not compatible with Christianity. Reverend Dick Farr of St Mary’s Church in Henham, near Saffron Walden, said he became concerned on discovering an aim of the class was to “ascend to a higher spiritual…
GO TO SOURCE CHINA, November 25, 2001: The exact year in which woodblock printing was invented is still very much debated in academic circles because no artifacts or documentary records related to the earliest printing have been discovered. However, a sheet with mantras of the Dharani Sutra, in Sanskrit, printed in the early Tang and unearthed in the suburban district…
GO TO SOURCE BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, November 22, 2001: At least six Hindus have converted to Christianity in Orissa. Kalicharan Behera and five members of his family converted to Christianity in Chapalli village in Kendrapara district but a Hindu organization says the family converted under duress. Subash Chouhan, convener of the Hindu Jagran Sammukhya, claimed that Behera’s in-laws had adopted Christianity…
GO TO SOURCE ORISSA, INDIA, November 22, 2001: The police registered a case on a fresh complaint of damage to a place of worship in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa on Thursday, even as indefinite curfew was clamped in three subdistricts. Damage was caused to a place of worship at Dhoti village. Ten platoons of armed police were maintaining vigil with…
GO TO SOURCE BONGOAN, BENGAL, November 22, 2001: Hundreds of Bangladeshi Hindu families who have crossed the border into India to escape repression at home are refusing to return to their country. To escape any possible move by the Indian authorities to send them back, these families were apparently hiding in a village near the Thakurnagar railway station. Dipali Adhikari…
GO TO SOURCE DHAKA, BANGLADESH, November 24, 2001: This website contains and extensive account of recent acts of violence against the Hindu community in Bangladesh. “From the day after the election,” they state, “members of the Hindu community have been living in fear as news of terrible acts of violence dominated the daily papers. The group “Hindu Human Rights” is…
GO TO SOURCE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, November 23, 2001: An excellent article on the passing of the founder of Hinduism Today and HPI appears at “source” above.
GO TO SOURCE RISHIKESH, INDIA, November 23, 2001: His Holiness, Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj, of Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, who was one of the foremost disciples of Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj of Rishikesh, passed away and attained Maha Samadhi today, Friday, November 23, 2001 at 4:30pm at Sivananda Ashram. He had served as the General Secretary of the Divine Life Society…
Source: Hinduism Today KAUAI, HAWAII, November 24, 2001: Hinduism Today received an interesting letter from a New Jersey business with many Hindu clients. “We would like to do something for these clients around the holiday, but want to respect their religious beliefs. What should we give?” Hinduism Today replied, “Hindus in America are, by now, quite used to getting Christmas…
GO TO SOURCE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, NOVEMBER 14, 2001: South African President Thabo Mbeki extended Diwali greetings to Hindus in South Africa and across the world. Diwali marks the return of Hindu gods Lord Ram and Sita from exile to their homeland and symbolizes the victory of divine forces over wicked oppression, and good triumphing over evil, said Mbeki in…