SourceLONDON, ENGLAND, September 10, 2003: Britons are abandoning churches in droves, replacing traditional religion with activities that focus on themselves. But most people still believe in something, a poll revealed yesterday. Six out of ten of Britons believe in God and increasing numbers find Jesus inspirational, thanks to a rise in evangelical Christianity. Islam and alternative ideas such as New…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 20, 2001: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is making efforts to forge close ties with native American-Indian groups, saying the two have “many things in common.” RSS chief K.S. Sudarshan met with leaders of such groups during his recent visit to US and Canada at the invitation of the Center for World Indigenous…
www.odishatoday.com DALLAS, TEXAS, July 7, 2008: The DFW Hindu Temple Society, Ekta Mandir celebrated Rath Yatra, the car festival of idols Jagannath, Balabhadra and their sister Devi Subhadra on Sunday, July 6, in Dallas, Texas, two days after the world famous Rath Yatra at Puri, with much fanfare and traditional fervor. Hundreds of devotees from Dallas, Fort Worth and the…
www.himalmag.com INDIA, June 26, 2008: (HPI note: This is a moving account from the Nepal-based magzine Himal of the experience, mostly of those who stayed behind, when tens of thousands of workers were shipped from the Bhojur region of India to the British colonies.) Nearly 150 years ago began an agonising saga of migration from the Bhojpur region of India.…
www.thehindu.com CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, April 22, 2009: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is starting a movement across the country, hold meetings with all school heads to convey that no form of corporal punishment will be tolerated. “These meetings will have to be held ahead of the new academic year,” Commission chairperson Shanta Sinha told The…
kaymoodly@ihug.co.nz (press release) AUCKLAND, AUSTRALIA, April 24, 2009: Swami Nirliptananda, Vice-President of The Divine Life Society, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, will visit Australia and New Zealand from April 24 to April 29. Swami Sivananda’s teachings of “Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realise” is a simple and practical approach to the profound and lofty ideal of spirituality, and Swami Nirliptanandaji is a…
groups.google.com USA, April 20, 2009: [Review by David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri)] Hinduism remains the most attacked and under siege of all the major world religions. This is in spite of the fact that Hinduism is the most tolerant, pluralistic and synthetic of the world’s major religions. Yet many have continued to promote their missionary agendas and plan the conversion of…
www.hinduismtoday.com O foolish one, do not thank God for loving you: He cannot do otherwise. Thank Him for having ignited in your heart love for Him. Let it grow, from more to more, until it burns away all self, only God remains. Dada J.P. Vaswani, Hindu of the year for 2002
www.hinduonnet.com KUALA LUMPUR, APRIL 21, 2009: The Malaysian government has said that 28 Hindu temples, which are currently situated on disputed land around the national capital, will be relocated by next month. The caretakers of 28 temples have agreed to relocate to several locations provided by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Deputy Federal Territories Minister M Saravanan said. However, the…