www.hindu.com BANGALORE, INDIA, May 2, 2008: Koota Samaja Organizations Federation, a conglomerate of six associations representing Brahmins from Udupi district and living all over the country has come out with an agenda to help poor Brahmin children with scholarships for pursuing their education. Mr. Herleru said the per capita income of Christians was US$38.52, Vokkaligas $22.54, Muslims $19.57, Scheduled Castes…
www.independent.co.uk ORISSA, INDIA, May 2, 2008: For centuries, life has remained unchanged for India’s Dongria Kondh tribe. Living on the remote Niyamgiri mountain, they keep to a daily routine of tilling crops, picking wild fruits and worshipping the hill god Niyam Raja. The existence is a simple one, but, because of a British FTSE 100 mining company, their way of…
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www.hindu.com TIRUMALA, INDIA, April 28, 2008: The governing board of the famed Tirupati temple has sanctioned over US$78 million for the construction of guest houses and massive pilgrim amenities complexes atop the temple town. Briefing the media persons, board chairman B. Karunakar Reddy said that the board which met on Sunday has decided to take up the construction immediately following…
news.bbc.co.uk PUNJAB, INDIA, May 1, 2008: The governments of many poor nations are alarmed at the rise in food prices. There are even problems in the Indian region of Punjab, where science once seemed to have found answers for a hungry world and perhaps India’s immense population. The new strains of seed and chemical pesticides and fertilizers certainly brought high…
www.hinduismtoday.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 1, 2008: The book “Aum Purnamada” authored by Acharya Yaad Kumar Verma (Shri Ramdasanudas) and mentioned in HPI on April 27 may be ordered by e-mailing maheshkumar1946@yahoo.co.in.
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www.hindustantimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, April 28, 2008: The muddy Gavdevi ground at Shimpoli in Borivli (West) was sprinkled with saffron and green on Sunday. In the presence of Narendra Maharaj, chief of the Ramanandcharya Peeth of Nanij in the Konkan, hundreds of men and women, most of them tribals, converted to Hinduism. This is the first such event in the city,…
www.hindu.com PUDUKOTTAI, INDIA, April 28, 2008: A historical temple in Pudukottai is threatening to collapse with the growth of a huge tree right on the vimanam of the sanctum sanctorum. The strong roots of the tree have penetrated deep into all gaps in the walls of the Sri Umapathiswarar Temple. Six inscriptions on the outer walls of the temple give…
www.hinduismtoday.com The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so. Renunciate sannyasini Ma Yoga Shakti Saraswati, has taught yoga and dharma worldwide for over thirty years