www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, May 24, 2008: Hinduism Today is seeking either the original Tamil or a good English translation of the poem “Garland of Madurai” written in the second century ce. It contains an excellent description of celebrations at the Madurai Meenakshi temple in Tamil Nadu. If you can provide this, please e-mail ar@hindu.org.
www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, May 23, 2008: Our server upgrade went flawlessly and HPI is back without missing a beat thanks to our IT team.
www.thaindian.com CHIDAMBARAM, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, May 23, 2008: (HPI note: This report is to be taken with a grain of salt. The Tamil Nadu government has long coveted gaining control of Chidambaram temple, which is in the hands of the Dikshitar priests. This dispute, like the one in 2006 over the singing of hymns, appears to be part of the…
www.hinduismtoday.com FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, May 23, 2008: (HPI note: We applaud the Fremont temple for this excellent program for school teachers and hope it serves as a model for other temples to reach out to their community schools.) Fremont Hindu Temple invites educators, particularly history and social studies teachers in grades six to 12, to participate in a free seminar about…
www.hinduismtoday.com Prayer is not asking, it is yearning of the soul for communion with God. Swami Sivananda (1887-1963)
www.hinduismtoday.org KAUAI, HAWAII, May 22, 2008: Our Hinduism Today web server is undergoing an upgrade. As a result, Hindu Press International will be on hiatus until Monday, May 26–at the latest. We’ll catch up all the news as soon as we are back on-line. We include a few extra items in today’s HPI.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au JAIPUR, INDIA, May 19, 2008: Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi migrants were last night earmarked for expulsion from India following the terror bomb blasts in the tourist city of Jaipur, while startling new evidence emerged about the motives behind the jihadi attack. Details of a five-page “manifesto for jihad” were attached to an email from a previously little-known organization…
www.HAFsite.org WASHINGTON, D.C., May 19, 2008: Persecution, discrimination and terror are daily realities for millions of Hindu citizens from Bangladesh and Pakistan to Malaysia and Saudi Arabia among many other countries according to a human rights report released by the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) today entitled, “Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights 2007.” The…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 16, 2008: According to a global survey that looked at where mothers fare best and where they face the greatest hardships, India is ranked a dismal 66th among 71 “less developed countries” — only slightly better than countries like Swaziland, Papua New Guinea and Nigeria. While China occupies 15th position, Pakistan (69) is among the…
www.hinduonnet.com LONDON, ENGLAND, May 16, 2008: A first of its kind exhibition of 120 rare, lavishly illustrated Ramayana paintings from the volumes of Rana Jagat Singh of Mewar dated 17 Century AD opened here on Friday. The exhibition being put up by the British Library features loans of paintings, textiles and sculptures from other major collections including the Victoria &…