Source: Press Release The Hindu Mandir Executives Conference announces the second annual Sanatan Dharma and Science Essay Competition for the 2010 Sanatan Dharma Scholarship. The competition is open to college students as well as the high school students. The essay topic for college students is “Creation of the Universe,” while for the high school students it is “Vasudhaiv Kutumbkum.” The…
Source: Press Release KALAMAZOO, MI, August 3, 2010: The Sambodh Center for Human Excellence will celebrate the annual Maha Rudrabhishekam and Chandi Homam on August 7 and 8, 2010. These two powerful rituals together bestow the abundant blessings of God Shiva and his consort Shakti, in this life and final liberation from beyond. The religious rituals will be conducted by…
Source: Religion News Service USA, August 4, 2010: [HPI note: The relevance of this debate in American society is relevant to U.S. Hindus because it scrutinizes the separation between church and state, and might alter its boundaries. While such separation was, in principle, part of the early pillars of U.S. law, its interpretation shifts as society becomes more diverse. Religious…
Source: www.youtube USA/CANADA, July 2010: Aastha TV on SKY 807 (Direct TV in USA and Rogers Cable in Canada) are broadcasting a new series of programs on Hinduism. The daily broadcasts include an early morning program from 7 to 7:30 a.m. with interactive sessions with Hindu & Non-Hindu youth. An afternoon program from 4 to 4:30 p.m with talks aimed…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The modern young (as well as the old) Hindu struggles in vain to understand the religion of his forefathers, and gives up the quest altogether. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) summarizing the impact of Lord T. B.Macaulay’s education policy in India and the destructive success of the government schools for Hindus
Source: www.fijitimes.com FIJI, August 02, 2010: About 40 priests of the Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji were given certificates indicating their ordination yesterday. Sabha General Secretary, Vijendra Prakash, priests are be well trained before they went out into communities to perform prayers. All the priests fcome under the Shree Sanatan Dharm Brahman Purohit Sabha of Fiji, the governing…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com VARANASI, INDIA, July 10, 2010: Plastic bags inside the premises of the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple will soon be a thing of the past as the local Trust has proposed a total ban on the use of plastic material inside the premises. While the proposal is being viewed as an environment-friendly measure to restore the sanctity of the…
Source: www.businessgreen.com INDIA, July 28, 2010: India’s largest state has become the latest to announce a complete state-wide ban on the use of plastic bags this week. From the beginning of August the manufacture, storage, import, sale and transport of plastic carry-bags will be illegal in Rajasthan. No shopkeeper, retailer, trader, hawker or vendor will be allowed to supply goods…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 21, 2010: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is focused on building soft power — the attractiveness of a country’s civilization, culture, values and political system — as well as ensuring that China is respected and admired for its achievements since reforms began in 1978. In contrast, India puts little emphasis on promoting the country’s…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Mauritius is one of the most beautiful places in the world. If you visited it 30 years ago, you would be equally charmed by its natural allure and hartbroken by the state of Hinduism on the African Island. The ancestral religion of most Mauritians was forlorn, seemingly destined to disappear. Until a miracle happened. Vel Mahalingum tells the…