Source: news.bbc.co.uk VARANASI, INDIA, April 20, 2010: Sakaldip Rai travelled for more than seven hours on top of a bus in searing heat, all alone. This was one long journey before his last. The 80-year-old had wanted to be cremated in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi after his death. But Mr. Rai’s grandson says that thanks to a new…
Source: www.2point6billion.com APRIL 19, 2010: China, India, and Nepal have agreed on a framework regarding the conservation and preservation of the Mount Kailash region, a sacred area in the Himalayas that touches all three countries. The international project, titled “Mount Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation Initiative: Developing a Transboundary Framework for Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Greater Mount Kailash Region…
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Source: www.ajc.com GEORGIA, U.S., April 2010: On Thursday, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled that 100 Shiva statues and other property could be auctioned April 24 to satisfy debts of the Hindu Temple of Georgia, which filed for bankruptcy last year. The temple claimed to have $9.4 million in assets and $15 million in liabilities. Attorneys for the Norcross temple and…
Source: www.templeganesh.fr PARIS, FRANCE, April 18, 2010: On April 17 and 18, 2010 the new site of the Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam was consecrated with Mahakumbhabhishekam ceremonies. New deity statues, carved in Mahabalipuram, and a gold plated kodimaram were blessed with an inaugural puja. Despite its tiny size the Temple de Ganesh, as it is commonly known, has become the…
Source: www.vrg.org UNITED STATES, April 2010: In order to find an estimate of the number of younger “true” vegetarians in the United States, Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) commissioned Harris Interactive to conduct an online survey of eight to eighteen year olds. According to the poll, an estimated 1.4 million youth in the United States are vegetarian, while about three million…
Source: www.bdonline.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, April 23, 2010: A British architect has been commissioned to design a Hindu temple in India in a style not used for more than 700 years. Adam Hardy, from Cardiff’s Welsh School of Architecture, believes he is the only person in the world with the knowledge to design in the style of the 12th century Hoysala…
Source: business.rediff.com MALAYSIA, April 19, 2010: A large-section of the diaspora in Malaysia is irked with a new visa ruling imposed by New Delhi, which bars tourist visa holders from re-entering India within two months of the last visit. The move prompted the mission Kuala Lumpur to take up the issue with the Indian government after India tightened its rules…
Source: www.bighospitality.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, April 21, 2010: The UK’s first fully vegetarian restaurant chain, and the first global chain to carbon footprint every menu item, is launching in London this summer with three central venues. Otarian, the brainchild of Australian environmentalist Radhika Oswal, will launch its first two sites in London in June, and two restaurants in New York next…