www.telegraphindia.com BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, December 17, 2008: The sankaracharya of Puri, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, was given top-category security today after he received a threat letter, apparently from Maoists. The 80-year-old monk, however, said that he did not feel insecure. “I don’t feel threatened. I am not afraid of death,” he said here this afternoon. “During my 17-year stint at Gobardhan Peetha,…
www.hinduismtoday.com Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual-political leader in exile
news.bbc.co.uk UK, December 17, 2008: Scientists say they now have unambiguous evidence that the warming in the Arctic is accelerating. Arctic ice cover in summer has seen rapid retreat in recent years. The minimum extents reached in 2007 and 2008 were the smallest recorded in the satellite age. Theory predicts that as ice is lost in the Arctic, more of…
www.hinduismtoday.com As the bee takes the essence of a flower and flies away without destroying its beauty and perfume, so let the sage wander in this life. Dhammapada 50
lexpress-newspaper.com GOODLANDS, MAURITIUS, December 16, 2008: Mauritius now has a new Hindu Temple by the Goodlands area, the Siva Supramaniar Kovil, which received its holy consecration on November 23. The temple’s original building dated from the 1940s. The Siva Supramaniar Kovil was first housed in a small building, that over the years deteriorated beyond repair. Two years ago, the old…
www.medianewsline.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 17, 2008: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has submitted its recommendations to the Government, upholding the current prohibition of religious institutions owning broadcasting and distribution services. In the report, TRAI said that the prohibition does not mean that religious contents in regular broadcasting channels is to be forbidden, but recommends governmental supervision over…
www.theherald.co.za PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA, December 16, 2008: Much to the dismay of the Hindu community in Port Elizabeth, local judge Bonisile Sandi has ordered the Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (PHRA) to issue a permit to build a several-story building right next to its tiny neighbor, the Shri Subramanier Aulayam Hindu Temple. Congregants are concerned that excavations could disturb the…
www.pacificasiamuseum.org PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, USA, December 16, 2008: [Press Release] The Pacific Asia Museum’s announces its upcoming exhibition, Discovering Ganesh: Remover of Obstacles. This exhibition invites the community into the museum to experience the art and culture of South Asian Ganesh festivals through contemporary photographs, installations and multimedia components. Through the work of photographer Shana Dressler and the 11th – 19th…
www.hinduismtoday.com The downfall of a religious sect begins from the day that the worship of the rich enters into it. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
www.expressbuzz.com BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, December 14, 2008: Four more people were arrested Sunday for their alleged involvement in the killing a Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader in Orissa August 23 that led to communal violence in the state, the police said.With this, the total number of arrests in the case has gone up to seven. “Some more persons were also detained for…