Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, May 2010: Wembley’s newest looming landmark has opened it doors after 14 years of construction. It is the US$23 million Shree Sanatan Hindu Mandir, an inclusive Hindu temple. It covers 2.4 acres on the Ealing Road and, at its highest point, is 66 ft tall. There is none of the metal core most buildings have and,…
Source: www.deccanchronicle.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, May 27: Tales of premonitions and tragedy are pouring out of Srikalahasti since the collapse of the gopuram. As the news of the gopuram collapse on night spread, thousands of devotees from Chittoor, Nellore and Tamil Nadu thronged the temple town to see the ruins. Some locals said that their pet dogs had sensed that something…
Source: www.hafsite.org UNITED STATES, May 7, 2010: Activists of the Indian-American community and the Hindu American Foundation have denounced Reverend Franklin Graham, the son and heir apparent of evangelist Reverend Billy Graham, for maligning Hinduism during an interview where he largely continued his attacks on Islam. In an interview to the USA Today newspaper on May 4, renewed his attacks…
Source: Religion News Service WASHINGTON, U.S., May 2010: A slight majority of Americans view gay or lesbian relations as morally acceptable, a first since Gallup pollsters started asking about the issue in 2001. In a recent survey of 16 different behaviors or social practices, pollsters found that 52 percent of Americans accept gay or lesbian relations, a steady increase since…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Alas for me, I cannot rest. This floating bubble, Earth. Its hollow form, its hollow name, its hollow death and birth. For me is nothing. How I long to get beyond the crust of name and form! Ah, open the gates; to me they open must. Open the gates of Light, O Mother to me, Thy tired son.…
Source: sify.com INDIA, June 5, 2010: The first batch of Hindu devotees left New Delhi on Tuesday for the annual Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage. The batch of pilgrims comprised of 50 devotees. “According to our holy books, pilgrimage of Kailash-Mansarovar is one of the major pilgrimages of the Hindus. It is an effort to the end the cycle of life and…
Source: www.ddinews.gov.in INDIA, June 7, 2010: This year’s annual pilgrimage to the holy Hindu shrine of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir will begin July 1 and end Aug 24, on the occasion of “Sharvan Purnima.” The registration of the pilgrims for the Amarnath Yatra began on June 5 at 121 designated branches of the Jammu and Kashmri Bank across the…
Source: www.dnaindia.com WARSAW, POLAND, May 31, 2020: A temple is being constructed in suburban Warsaw, capital of Poland. The Polish ministry of internal affairs and administration recently registered the proposed temple site as a holy shrine and cleared the decks for construction work to begin. The Indian Association of Poland (IAP), a community outfit behind the project, hopes to open…
Source: www.thenews.pl POLAND, May 26, 2010: Polish authorities are considering banning an ancient religious symbol, or “swastika,” in the new Hindu temple in Wolka Kosowska, a small village near Warsaw. Authorities are worried that the ancient Hindu religious swastika — derived from the Sanskrit word svastika — violates Poland’s ban on symbols associated with Nazi or communist dictatorships. For Hindus,…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The presence of God is not limited to the human species, so we must also discern God in other-than-human life forms. These forms must be within the reach of our concern and compassion. Our understanding of God grows as we learn to recognize God’s presence in them. Anatanand Rambachan, professor of religion