Source: www.hindustantimes.com All accommodations are full. People, especially from Delhi, have booked online on account of closure of educational institutions because of the Commonwealth Games.Hotels and Guesthouses have a 100 per cent occupancy rate. During normal days, 22,0000 yatris have darshan everyday, but up to 35,000 on Navaratri. These are considered the most auspicious days according to the Hindu calendar.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 14, 2010: Fancy pandals, the beat of dhaks (traditional drums) and lighting have heralded the beginning of Durga Puja in the city, where the festive spirit is unabated despite Games-related restrictions and low sponsorship. In Chittaranjan Park, where every year puja pandals compete each other in opulence, the organizers have gone all out in…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com JAMMU, INDIA, October 13, 2010: More than 100,000 yatris had darshan at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in the first three days of the nine-day Navaratri. According to SMVDSB, during these Navratras, about 5,000 more yatris will perform darshan as compared to last year. All accommodations are full. People, especially from Delhi, have booked online on account of…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, October 13, 2010: Traditional clothes, tilak ceremonies, mehandi and reading scriptures are spome Navratri customs that not just Delhiites but also athletes from 71 other countries are observing in New Delhi. Participants at the Commonwealth Games Village were treated to the traditional tilak ceremony to mark the beginning of Navratri. “Players are not venturing out for…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 28, 2010: Delhi’s Ramlilas, organized during the festival of Navratri, is planned to woo Commonwealth Games tourists with English translators, pamphlets and air-conditioned rooms. “We have a separate wing for the foreign tourists, which have translators to narrate the Ramlila in English, and to explain to them its significance. We are also handin out…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com INDIA, October 13, 2010: Barely a week after two US linguists claimed they uncovered a hidden language in Arunachal Pradesh, an academician based in the frontier state said his post-doctoral work in 2008 dealt extensively with the issue. But Gibji Nimachow would rather not stake any claim to have discovered Koro, which he says is a dialect and…
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Source: www.thehindu.com NEW DELHI, October 11, 2010: A group of artisans from Tamil Nadu is trying to rebuild the Sri Lakshminrisimha temple in Karol Bagh, Delhi. A team of 10 artisans is in the Capital to reconstruct and rebuild the structure. The objective of the temple’s managing committee is to bring to the city one more example of the art…
Source: www.youtube.com USA, October 12, 2010 (press release): What exactly is advocacy? This concept, which is the very focus of the Hindu American Foundation’s efforts, is still a vague and airy-fairy notion for most in the Hindu American community. Yet, advocacy is absolutely vital if our community is to be heard and effectively represented in schools and colleges, newspapers and…
Source: hudsonreporter.com JERSEY CITY, U.S., September 30, 2010: For two weekends in October, the block of Newark Avenue in Jersey City known as “Little India” is be the center of one big religious and cultural get-together. The 2010 Navratri in Jersey City is a street festival of singing and dancing performances, worship services and appearances by local politicians and other…