source: http://www.hinduacademy.org LONDON, U.K., August 2010: In the United Kingdom students can study Hinduism in schools and gain accreditation that can help them apply for places at top universities. 16 to 18-year-olds can sit for Advanced level examinations in Hinduism. The results count in their favor when they apply for university places. Each year the Hindu Academy trains perhaps the…
source: sify LUCKNOW, August 27, 2010: A special bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday concluded the hearing related to ownership of a disputed land in Ayodhya to which Hindus and Muslims have made rival claims for over a century. The decision is likely to be delivered in September. While Hindus claim the land to be the site of the…
http://sify.com/news/court-decision-on-disputed-ayodhya-land-in-september-news-national-kh0x4cefaci.html LUCKNOW, August 27, 2010: A special bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday concluded the hearing related to ownership of a disputed land in Ayodhya to which Hindus and Muslims have made rival claims for over a century. The decision is likely to be delivered in September. While Hindus claim the land to be the site of the birthplace…
source: BBC LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, August 2010: Women are becoming more and more prominent as worship leaders in all faiths in England. And now a woman from Leicester is taking on the largely male strong hold of Hindu priesthood. In her fifties Chanda Vyas achieved her childhood dream, when she became the first female Hindu priest to conduct weddings in…
Source: www.lassiwithlavina.com UNITED STATES, August 27, 2010 (by Lavina Melwani): Will students be heading to American universities to get their degrees as Ayurvedic doctors? Will patients seek out practitioners of this 5000-year old system of medicine from India? And will Ayurveda form the basis for new health and beauty products, even of restaurant menus, in the U.S.? If that sounds…
Source: HPI KAUAI, HI, USA, September 6, 2010: Himalayan Academy, which publishes Hinduism Today magazine, has just released its first eBook. Called “Gurudeva’s Spiritual Visions,” the book is a rare window into the inner life of an enlightened mind. It is a compilation of the extraordinary mystical experiences of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, founder of Hinduism Today and Kauai’s Hindu Monastery.…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, September 3, 2010: The rush of injured “govindas”– who form human pyramids to reenact what Lord Krishna’s butter theft — stunned doctors at public hospitals in Mumbai on Thursday. As many as 170 govindas were taken to emergency rooms in civic hospitals. Doctors said dangerously high handis (butter pots) this year — some up to 50…
Source: www.hinduonnet.com CHENNAI, INDIA, August 25, 2010: The change that has come over the 1,200-year old Kailasanathar temple at Uttaramerur, about 56 miles from Chennai, is unbelievable. The temple, which was in total ruins, with dense vegetation growing over its vimana (the tower above the sanctum) and collapsed mandapams, looks as good as new today. The vimana has been restored…
Source: www.thaiwaysmagazine.com THAILAND, August 25, 2010: The Thailand Vegetarian Festival is observed nationwide on a grand scale. The most well known place holding this festival is Phuket province, where the event takes place yearly. In other provinces such as Trang, Songkhla (Hat Yai) and Chon Buri (Pattaya), people of the Chinese descendants observe the festivals. The festival has a religious…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, August 2010: Thousands of people from across the world have visited a Hindu Temple in the Black Country for a special ceremony. They came to the Shri Venkateswara (Balaji )Temple in Tividale for the consecration and installation of the Shiva Lingam, the sacred symbol of the Hindu Deity Lord Shiva. Dr. Kandiah Somasundarrajah, one of the…