Source KUALA LUMPUR, September 1, 2013 (Malay Mail): (HPI Note: This report is of an the same incident as above). Nine individuals, including one PKR and six MIC Youth leaders, have been arrested so far in this morning’s standoff with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) over an allegedly “illegal” demolition of the 101-year-old Hindu temple on Jalan P. Ramlee. Temple…
Source MALAYSIA, September 03, 2013 (by Rita Jong, The Malaysian Insider): Police and City Hall should have consulted temple officials before forcing their way into Muneswarar Kaliyaman temple and removing statues of deities without observing Hindu religious practices. Malaysian Hindu Sangam president Datuk RS Mohan Shan said the authorities forceful removal of the deities by non-Hindus who do not know…
Source The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him–that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source BANGLADESH, August 28, 2013 (Dhaka Tribune): Archaeologists from Jahangirnagar University (JU) have excavated an ancient Hindu temple at Belwa village of Ghoraghat upazila in Dinajpur. The massive brick structure has been identified as a Hindu temple from the Pala dynasty. The chief of the project, Professor Syed Mohammad Kamrul, told journalists that the excavated site was under threat of…
Source SRI LANKA, August 27, 2013 (Tamil Net): After a hundred years of its establishment, the Young Men’s Hindu Association (YMHA) of Thirunelveali in Jaffna proposes to do away with gender bias in its membership and name. In a letter to all lovers of Thirunelveali and the YMHA on Sunday, the current president of the YMHA, Mr. S. Muthulingam was…
Source DUBAI, August 28, 2013 (Emirates 247): Brace yourself for a traffic jam if you plan on venturing into the heart of Bur Dubai this evening with Hindus venturing out in hundreds to celebrate the Indian festival of Janmashtami. All roads will lead to the Hindu temple post 9pm, with the Sikka Bastakiya neighborhood preparing for the crowds that will…
Source COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, August 29, 2013 (Times Of India): A Sri Lankan court today stopped the annual ritual of animal sacrifices at Hindu temples throughout the island following a petition by a Buddhist monk group. [HPI note: Sri Lanka’s Buddhists are not vegetarians–nor, for that matter, are many of its Hindus.] Jathika Bhikku Federation (Federation of Buddhist Monks) had…
Source UNITED STATES, August 30, 2013 (Huffington Post by Murali Balaji): This week, the University of South Carolina hosted a conference celebrating the launch of the Encyclopedia of Hinduism. To be sure, it’s more than just an encyclopedia — it’s an effort to tell the life story of the world’s oldest active major religion. In an age where we can…
Source Good thoughts are the foundation stones in the mansion of good conduct. If the foundation is strong, the mansion will endure.— Sri Rameshbhai Oza, inspired performer of Vaishnava kathas
Source To enter into the spiritual life is a rare blessedness, it is a great good: to take it seriously and engage in active spiritual Sadhana is a second blessedness and a still greater good: but to persevere in the spiritual life, to be ever progressive and ceaseless in one’s spiritual life, is the greatest good, the crowning blessedness.— Swami…