Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, JUNE 14, 2009: In an effort to renovate old temples with help from benefactors, the Tamil Nadu government is offering an honorific title and “gold cards” to devotees who donate US$11,000 for the fund. The government will confer the title Thirukkovil Puravalar (temple patron). The patrons will be presented a gold card carrying their…
Source: www.dailypioneer.com MUMBAI, INDIA, June 12, 2009: Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati on Friday vehemently opposed the impending visit of United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to India, by saying that it is a way for “a foreign Government to interfere in the internal affairs of this country”. “Though the Indian Government has permitted USCIRF for sending its delegation…
Source: www.trinidadexpress.com TOBAGO, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, June 3, 2009: Hindus in Tobago have renewed hopes for a Hindu temple there, following the announcement Saturday by Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary Orville London that talks have restarted between himself and the Tobago Hindu Society. London made the announcement during the Indian Arrival Day celebrations. The Hindu community in Tobago…
Source: mailto:anant.m.vyas@camden.gov.uk BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, U.K., June 12, 2009: [HPI note: A note from a doctor in the UK, alerting to religious issues related to a medical product.] Hindus who may have to undergo Angioplasty with PCI [percutaneous coronary intervention] will experience a procedure that, normally, takes more than four hours of complicated interventions. The patient has to be completely still for…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, June 6, 2009: The Catholic Church in Kerala has issued a pastoral letter urging its flock to keep away from new movements that promise miracles and spread abhorrence for Hinduism. The letter says though the Catholic Church preaches only Jesus, it does not disregard what is true or divine in other religions–and the Bible even teaches…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com I submit to you that the tolerant society is open to and encouraging of all religions. And this does not weaken us; it strengthens us, it makes us strong. You know, if we look back through history to all those great civilizations, those great nations that rose up to even world dominance and then deteriorated, declined and fell,…
Source: http://www.newscientist.com/ May 27, 2009: The ancient Indus script, as yet undeciphered, continues to intrigue scholars with the lure of new insights into humanity’s history. Some 5,000 examples of this exquisitely carved script have been found, but a definitive translation is still elusive. The Indus Valley civilization covered an area of Pakistan and northwest India about a quarter the size…
Source: www.vhp-america.org UNITED STATES, June 6, 2009 (Press Release): On behalf of the Hindu American community, The Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America (VHPA) would like to voice its disappointment with the US Congress-backed panel “United States Commission on International Religious Freedom’s (USCIRF)” expedition to India in June 2009, to investigate and gain perspective on Indian government’s response to recent disturbances.…
Source: worldminoritiesforum.blogspot.com ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA, June 12, 2009: Professor Carl Belle Vadivella of Adelaide, President of the Adelaide Vinayagar temple, has investigated the recent attacks on ethnic Indians in various Australian cities. He says that most such attacks appear not to be motivated by racial ill will, but rather by opportunism: Indians (commonly believed to be wealthy) are easily identifiable, and…
Source: www.hinduonnet.com KOCHI, INDIA, June 9, 2009: The Arya Vaidya Nilayam Ayurvedic Healthcare group (AVN) is building a new state-of-the-art Ayurvedic hospital in Madurai, with specialities in preventive medicine, neurology, neuro-psychology and infertility. Ramesh R Varier, Managing Director, said the 65-bed hospital complex is scheduled to open in October 2009 and will offer the detoxification therapies (Panchakarma), adapted to suit…