Americans Demand Justice For Persecuted Hindus In Bangladesh in White House Demonstration

Hindu American Foundation WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 2013 (HAF): “We want justice, we want justice,” was the chant heard from a crowd of over 300 demonstrators, mostly of Bengali origin, on Wednesday in front of the White House. The rally, organized by the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) and the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), urged the United States…

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Holi Run On May 19th At Calais

Source CALAIS, FRANCE, April 8, 2013 (La Voix du Nord): In agreement with the City of Calais, the Opal Coast Trail organization will launch a new race called Holi Run on May 19 in Calais. The concept is quite simple: as the runners reach every succeeding kilometer mark, they’ll pass through coloring areas where colored starch powder color is projected…

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New Beginning For 150-Year-Old Hindu Temple

Source SINGAPORE, April 8, 2013 (Straits Times): About 10,000 worshippers thronged the Sri Vairavimada Kaliamman Temple on Sunday to bear witness to the consecration ceremony and receive blessings. The temple with a 150-year-old history has undergone a $2.5 million refurbishment and is now equipped with a new glass panel roof to shelter devotees plus other improvements to the entrance and…

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Preliminary Report on Harvard’s Kumbh Mela Study

Source UNITED STATES, April 4, 2013 (Harvard): The Maha Kumbh Mela, an eight-week Hindu festival held every 12 years in India and the largest human gathering on the planet, ended three weeks ago. Already, the tent city that had sprung up to accommodate millions of pilgrims is beginning to disappear from the sandy banks of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers,…

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Joy For Baba’s Devotees

Source LEICESTER, ENGLAND, March 30, 2013 (This Is Leicestershire): Up to 7,000 people are expected at the opening of a temple in the city centre today. The Shri Shirdi Sai Baba temple, at the grade II-listed Guild of Disabled building, in Colton Street, Leicester, is the second of its kind in the UK and follows the teachings of Sai Baba…

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Passing Of Noted Paris Temple Founder

Press Release PARIS FRANCE, April 5, 2013 (Press Release): Vaithilingam Sanderasekaram, founder of the Sri Manicka Vinayaka Temple in Paris, passed away on April 1, 2013. He was 68 years old. Sandera (Chandra), as he was commonly known, was born in Sri Lanka in 1946. He arrived in France in 1975. In 1985, he founded a small Ganesha Temple in…

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The Astronaut Who Brought Samosas Into Space

INDIA, April 5, 2013 (Wall Street Journal): Sunita Williams addressed students at the Science City in Kolkata, April 2, 2013. Ms. Williams, who is on a weeklong trip to India, has also held talks at the Nehru Science Centre in Mumbai and the National Science Centre in New Delhi. A pendant of Lord Ganesha, a copy of Hinduism’s holy book,…

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Temples Institute Dress Codes In Saurashtra

Source RAJKOT, INDIA, March 31, 2013 (Times of India): As you reach near the entrance of the ashram of revered saint Bajarangdas Bapa in Bagdana town of Bhavnagar district, you will find a notice board which says that “those wearing half pants, night dress, gowns which are indecent in nature, should not enter into the Ashram.” The religious place is…

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