Encouraging Bhutanese Hindus Living Abroad To Be Proud of Their Heritage

Source: www.organiser.org DENVER, COLORADO, June 2010: : “Hindus settling in the western countries can lead their lives as proud Hindus and preserve their religion, heritage and culture” Dr. Ved Nanda, the president of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA declared here recently. Addressing a large gathering of Bhutanese Hindu Community of Colorado at the Nepali New Year celebration in Denver, he…

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Hindu Students Council Celebrates 20th Anniversary At Annual Camp

Source: Press Release SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, PA., May 31, 2010: Hindu Students Council (HSC) celebrated its 20th anniversary with its Annual Youth Camp at the Vraj Broomi grounds last Memorial Day Weekend. Students from over ten of HSC’s fifty-five plus college chapters, traveling from as far away as California, attended the event. The camp marks a historic twenty years of HSC…

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Christians Discuss “Good” And “Bad” Evangelism

Source: Religion News Service EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, June 2010: “Good evangelism” and “bad evangelism” came under discussion when a diverse group of Christians met to mark the 100th anniversary of the historic 1910 Edinburgh Missionary Conference. Antonios Kireopoulos, the associate general secretary for interfaith relations for the New York-based National Council of Churches, on Friday (June 4) used his keynote address…

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Temple Dedicated to Shankaracharya Opened In Toronto

Source: www.hindustantimes.com TORONTO, CANADA, June 21, 2010: After five years of wait, Shree Sharadamba Hindu Temple complex, built at a whopping cost of 11 million dollars to stand as “a testament to Canada and India’s proud traditions of pluralism”, was finally opened for the public. The complex which consists Sringeri Sharadamba Temple and the Adi Shankara Museum, was consecrated yesterday…

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India Will Patent Yoga Asanas

Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 7, 2010: The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has prepared patent formats of nearly 900 yoga asanas (postures), to prevent European and American companies involved in fitness-related activities from claiming them as their own. The asanas have been collected from Patanjali’s classic work on yoga, as well as other ancient classics like the…

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Indo-American Science Teacher Honored By Obama

Source: www.ddinews.gov.in UNITED STATES, June 2010: An Indian American is among the teachers nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama as a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The award is presented annually to the best pre-college-level Science and Mathematics teachers from across the country. Radhika Plakkot is among 103 Math and Science teachers…

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Gopuram Collapse: What Was Lost?

Source: beta.thehindu.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, June 12, 2010: It was the end of a legacy when the Rajagopuram came crashing down. The Sri Kalahastiswara temple, situated on the banks of River Swarnamukhi, is surrounded by a chain of hills with massive rocky formations everywhere. The temple is considered as “Dakshina Kailash” and one of the Panchabuta sthalams, standing for “vayu” (air)…

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Was It Human Indifference?

Source: expressbuzz.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, May 28, 2010: After the collapse of the Rajagopuram of the revered Shiva temple at Srikalahasti, experts mulled whether it was human negligence that brought it down or was it natural causes such as wear and tear, exposure to the elements and lightning strikes? “The foundation of the structure weakened due to the sinking of wells,…

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