HPI CHIDAMBARAM, INDIA, March 29th, 2009: Over 6,000 devotees participated in a protest march and rally on Wednesday, March 25, demanding that the government return the control of Chidambaram Temple to the Dikshitar community, who have managed the temple since time immemorial. Over six thousand devotees including thousands of women and children belonging to around several Hindu organizations of Tamil…
www.police.govt.nz [HPI note: We previously reported on a similar guide produced by the Police Dept. of Chicago. Respecting religious groups is increasingly the norm in government-related services of many countries.] NEW ZEALAND, March 29, 2009: HPI reports on this useful resource from the New Zealand Police. ‘A Practical Reference to Religious Diversity’ covers seven major religious faiths including Maori spirituality,…
www.hinduismtoday.com When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual-political leader in exile
www.washingtonpost.com CHANDIGARH, PUNJAB, INDIA, March 29, 2009: [HPI note: This decision affects decision on quotas, a form of affirmative action which involves, among other things, a number of seats reserved fo rminorities in universities.] A court case about college admission quotas for Sikhs is threatening to alienate hundreds of thousands of short-haired, un-turbaned youths. In August, four students petitioned the…
www.expressbuzz.com USA, March 16, 2009: Although immensely popular in the U.S., the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” has generated a great deal of controversy for its no-holds-barred depiction of terrible poverty and exploitation, its treatment of violence between Hindus and Muslims, and its departures from the book on which it was based. The article linked above relates the film to the strategy…
www.ecodisicilia.com PALERMO, ITALY, March 27, 2009: A Hindu temple housed in a garage in Palermo will be consacrated and named after Sri Muthtu Vinajegar Sita. The celebrations for the inauguration will be held from today until Sunday, March 29. The Aciroim Association, which brings together the community of Tamil Hindu religion, aims to provide the faithful with a place of…
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HPI USA, March 28, 2008: From March 27 to April 3, Hindus worldwide will be gathering at their respective temples and in small groups known as Mandalis to observe the auspicious festival of Ram Navmi to celebrate the birth of Lord Rama. Rama is believed to be the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. According to Vaishnavites, He descended on earth…
HPI Thousands of Hindus and other New Yorkers–along with local politicians– attended the annual Holi parade in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York City. Many participants and attendees are descendants of Caribbean Hindus who came as indentued immigrants to Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Surinam and Jamaica from India and then moved to New York city. They refer to the festival as…