Source: www.boston.com BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, September 13, 2009: Reporters attending the annual convention of the Religion Newswriters Association boarded a pair of buses from downtown Minneapolis out to Maple Grove where, on 80 acres surrounded by farmland, the region’s Hindu community is completing work on one of the largest Hindu temples in the U.S. The Hindu Temple of Minnesota boasts a…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com AHMEDABAD, INDIA, September 29, 2009: Social networking sites are overflowing with posts on various garba events in the US, UK, Australia, Kenya and a host of other countries where Gujaratis have settled. The Indian community abroad coordinated their presence in Navaratri garbas using the web. From New Zealand’s Kiwi Cricket Club in Aukland to Leicester, UK-based Gujaratis across…
Source: www.uwf.edu/lgoel FLORIDA, US, Septemeber 8, 2009: Wendy Doniger, a historian at the University of Chicago Divinity School, has outraged Hindus in the past. In a 2002 article, the BBC stated “Professor Wendy Doniger is known for being rude, crude and very lewd in the hallowed portals of Sanskrit Academics. All her special works have revolved around the subject of…
Source: www.dailygalaxy.com UNITED STATES, September 17, 2009: Recent studies have found that there are probably ways to regenerate brain matter. Animal studies conducted at the National Institute on Aging Gerontology Research Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, for example, have shown that both calorie restriction and intermittent fasting along with vitamin and mineral intake, increase resistance to…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Culture without religion is tourism. Anonymous
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, September 23, 2009: Villagers in India have accused the Hollywood superstar, Julia Roberts, of interrupting one of their most important religious festivals. They say that her huge film set in the town of Pataudi near Delhi has prevented them from celebrating the Navratri religious festival. The Pretty Woman star used the Hari Mandir temple to shoot…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, September 2009: Most of the world’s major river deltas are sinking, increasing the flood risk faced by hundreds of millions of people, scientists report. Damming and diverting rivers means that much less sediment now reaches many delta areas, while extraction of gas and groundwater also lowers the land. Rivers affected include the Krisha River, Nile, Rhone…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com A sannyasin of great spiritual attainment came to the outskirts of a village in India. He was camped under a tree for the night when suddenly a villager came running to him, screaming, The stone! The stone! Give me the precious stone! Which stone? asked the sannyasin. Last night, Lord Siva appeared before me in a dream, said…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, September 23, 2009: Villagers in India have accused the Hollywood superstar, Julia Roberts, of interrupting one of their most important religious festivals. They say that her huge film set in the town of Pataudi near Delhi has prevented them from celebrating the Navratri religious festival. The Pretty Woman star used the Hari Mandir temple to shoot…
Source: calgary.ctv.ca CALGARY, CANADA, September 25, 2009: The Calgary Zoo is defending its decision to erect a statue in front of the elephant enclosure. The statue is a depiction of the elephant headed Hindu God Ganesha. Ganesha is widely revered as the remover of obstacles and is often the deity whom worshippers first acknowledge when they visit a temple. Concerned…