Hinduism Today DALLAS, TEXAS, October 14, 2007: What happens when 200 men and women, all sharing a profound love of Hindu dharma, meet for three days in East Texas, site of John Kennedy’s assassination deep in the Bible Belt? The fifth annual Human Empowerment Conference (HEC) concluded here today. The 200 spiritual and community leaders, scholars, academicians and activists attended…
modernbarbarian.blogspot.com VELLORE, INDIA, October 11, 2007: (HPI note: You must see the photos of this temple at the URL above. It is completely covered in gold!) One of the biggest Hindu shrines in southern India, the Sri Puram Golden Temple a grand golden temple built by a spiritual organization in Tamil Nadu at an approximate cost of US$160 million (Rs…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com DUBAI, October 10, 2007: Around 45 Indians were briefly detained by police for performing an Deity immersion ceremony on Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, reports said on Tuesday. The group was detained in the last week of September while they were immersing an idol during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival after police received a complaint, The 7Days tabloid said. “It was…
hscnet.org NEW JERSEY, October 9, 2007: Hindu Student Council members from all over the country gathered at the University of Pittsburgh for the 2007 Annual Meet to jump start the school year with a fresh perspective of what it means to be a member of HSC and what it means to be a Hindu-American. Every year the annual meet brings…
pib.nic.in NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 10, 2007: India was described as a Hydraulic Civilization by historians. Even when the British came to India about 250 years ago, India was urbanized and there were a number of towns, like Patna, Varanasi, Allahabad, built on riverbanks and other cities with tanks (reservoirs, often several acres) for water supply like Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and…
www.indianewengland.com WALTHAM, MASSACHUSSETS, USA, October 15, 2007: Approximately 60 people crowded into the ground floor of a local church on a recent Saturday for one of the first Hindu-Christian dialogues in the area, but nobody from the Hindu community showed up. The two Hindu panelists were alone in a room of white-American Christians, East-Asian Christians, and South Asian converts to…
ap.google.com AHMADABAD, India, October 15, 2007: At least 12 Hindu devotees were trampled to death on a narrow path crowded by thousands heading to a temple in western India on Sunday, police said. Another eight people were injured.The stampede occurred during a religious festival at the temple of the Hindu goddess Mahakali in Panchmahal district, some 90 miles south of…
news.scotsman.com EDINBURGH, Scotland, UK, October 15, 2007: A spectacular display of fireworks and giant flaming effigies brought thousands of people as more than 2500 revellers attended the a show held to mark the Hindu festival of Dusshera in Edinburgh.Three giant effigies – representing the evil king Ravana and his two henchmen – were set ablaze, sparking calls to the fire…
sify.com KOLKATA, INDIA, October 11, 2007: Last year, they made a replica of Swami Vivekananda’s residence, before that it was the Titanic. But a puja committee in Kolkata seems to have hit a bad spell this year with their Hogwarts Castle pandal attracting a US$50,800 fine for copyright violations. Just when they were getting into the swing of the Durga…
www.sanatanfiji.com FIJI ISLANDS, November 15, 2007: The second ever Diwali Edition of Sanatan Samachaar, a registered newspaper of Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji. According to Editor Shalendra Prasad, the print edition is now rolling in the press and will be released on Friday October 20. “Since the electronic file was complete, we thought it would be wise for…