Source: hudsonreporter.com JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, USA, November 30, 2009: Rajendra Persaud was leading services last Sunday as the head priest at the Hari Om Tat Sat Cultural Center on West Side Avenue in Jersey City. About 50 parishioners, Hindus from Guyana and Trinidad, sat on the floor listening to his sermon of the day on what he calls “getting…
Source: www.guardian-series.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, November 23, 2009: The All-Hindu Forum for Waltham Forest, UK, is set to be officially launched at an event this weekend and is aimed at bringing Hindus together to support one another. Faith and communities liaison officer for Waltham Forest PC Steven MacDonald said: “There’s a council of mosques and different groups to bring other faiths…
Source: HPI KAPAA, HI, USA, Novemeber 28, 2009: An HPI reader, Devant Maharaj, wrote to HPI about the very negative coverage of the Gandhimai festival in the media. He says: “A CNN International Desk on Wednesday, Mr Mann was reporting on the animal sacrifices in Nepal. He made very negative statements about the matter, stating that it was being done…
Source: HPI KAPAA, HI, USA, Novemeber 28, 2009: An HPI reader, Devant Maharaj, wrote to HPI about the very negative coverage of the Gandhimai festival in the media. He says: “A CNN International Desk on Wednesday, Mr Mann was reporting on the animal sacrifices in Nepal. He made very negative statements about the matter, stating that it was being done…
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com SINGAPORE, November 28, 2009: SINGAPORE: One of Singapore’s oldest Hindu temples was re-consecrated on Friday after extensive renovation works. Thousands of devotees attended the ceremony at the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple at Tank Road, which hosts the annual Thaipusam festival. The ceremony was conducted by high priests from South India, Singapore and Malaysia. Traditionally Hindu temples usually undergo renovations…
Source: www.nytimes.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, November 25, 2009: It is an old tradition, a White House dinner governed by ritual and protocol that happens to be this city’s hottest social event. But at their first state dinner on Tuesday night, President Obama and his wife, Michelle, had with distinctive touches. They invited local students to witness the arrival of the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com According to karma yoga, the action one has done cannot be destroyed until it has borne its fruit; no power in nature can stop it from yielding its results. If I do an evil action, I must suffer for it; there is no power in this universe to stop it or stay it. Similarly, if I do a…
Source: www.guardian.co.uk NEPAL, November 24, 2009: The world’s biggest animal sacrifice began in Nepal today with the killing of the first of more than 250,000 animals as part of a festival in the village of Bariyapur, near the border with India. The event is held every five years in honour of Gadhimai, a Goddess of power. With up to a…
Source: HPI KAPAA, HI, USA, Novemeber 28, 2009: An HPI reader, Devant Maharaj, wrote to HPI about the very negative coverage of the Gandhimai festival in the media. He says: “A CNN International Desk on Wednesday, Mr Mann was reporting on the animal sacrifices in Nepal. He made very negative statements about the matter, stating that it was being done…
Source: www.google.com MUMBAI, INDIA, November 24, 2009: An Indian inventor has created a device to stop rampaging elephants in their tracks, amid concern about human injuries and deaths when they run amok, his company said Monday. Zachariah Mathew’s Violent Elephant Control Gear has been designed to provide a humane alternative to sedating the animals, which are often used in religious…