Source: www.times-series.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, October 18, 2009: The Shree Swaminarayan Temple, in Finchley Road, opened its doors for the annual festival of light, in which Hindus are encourage to give food and money. This year leaders decided the spirit of giving should extend further than food and money to help give blood supplies among ethnic minorities a welcome boost. Prem…
Source: www.stuff.co.nz NEW ZEALAND, October 15, 2009: The Marlborough Indian Community Trust will be launched with the blessings of Diwali after an influx of Indians to Marlborough in recent years. Event organizer Susheel Dutt said the trust’s main aim would be to get the Indian community involved in Marlborough community events and to provide support and education for the Indian…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Siva is the Life of our life. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Source: www.mandir.org LONDON, UK, October 16, 2009: Prime Minister Gordon Brown celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali by lighting the ceremonial lamp at 10 Downing Street amid chanting of Vedic prayers for world peace, thus becoming the first British Prime Minister to personally host the occasion on the same year that Barack Obama became the first American president to attend…
Source: HPI TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, October 15, 2009: Divali, the Hindu Festival of Lights has become Trinidad’s second largest national open-air festival after Carnival. While Divali is essentially a Hindu festival, people of all faiths actively join in celebrating the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil. In Trinidad, the tiny clay lamps are lit…
Source: www.bloomberg.com INDIA, October 16, 2009: McDonald’s is staking its future in India on burgers made from mashed potatoes, peas and spices. The world’s biggest restaurant company is expanding in India as a middle class predicted to grow 10-fold by 2025 develops a taste for Western-style fast food. There are 170 outlets in India, and the Oak Brook, Illinois-based company…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com I am silence among all secrets. Bhagavad Gita 10.3 8
Source: www.youtube.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, October 16, 2009: President Barack Obama is not only the first American president to attend the annual Diwali celebration held at the White House, but he is also the first to issue a video congratulating Hindus. See it at source above. In his video message, President Obama talks about the Ramayana and the triumph of…
Source: HPI NADI, FIJI ISLANDS, October 14, 2009: The Malolo Sangam Temple,established in 1952 by village elders to promote the Hindu religion, today stands as a monument of pride for all the people of Malolo outside Nadi, Fiji. The premises now have a brand new Venkatesh Perumal/Maha Vishnu Temple which has been proudly built by local builders. The temple has…
Source: guardian.co.tt TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, September 23, 2009: The Trinidad government has to pay the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha, which operates Central Broadcasting Services Ltd, close to $3 million in damages for its unequal treatment and delay in granting them a FM radio broadcasting license. Originally requested in 2000, the permit was only granted in 2006 after a judicial battle.…