www.ibnlive.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 1, 2007: The ban on carrying coconuts inside Mumbai’s famed Siddhivinayaka temple has been lifted. However, one can now expect the police to screen the coconuts at the temple entrance. Maharashtra Home Minister R. R .Patil announced on Thursday that the ban, imposed a few days ago because of security reasons, has been lifted. Devotees…
www.katmandufallfestival.org SONOMA, CALIFORNIA, July 1, 2007: The third annual Katmandu Fall Festival will take place from 10 am to 5 pm on September 8 – 9, 2007, in Depot Park, Sonoma, California. The many cultures of Nepal, and heritage of the Himalayas in general, will be celebrated with traditional foods, music, dance and other cultural presentations. Attendees will enjoy shopping…
www.csmonitor.com SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, August 8, 2006: In an effort to reduce the amount of stress-related behaviors experienced by soldiers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Kashmir, the forces have turned to the ancient tradition of yoga. The news release explains, “Embraced by fashionable Westerners as a way to exercise, yoga has now become a necessary component of India’s…
www.ndtv.com SRINAGAR, INDIA, July 1, 2007: The CEO of the Amarnath Shrine Board Arun Kumar has said that the main Shiva Lingam at Amarnath has melted away. The Shiva Lingam at the Amarnath shrine is formed naturally from ice, and Kumar has said that the melting of the Shiva Lingam was due to environmental reasons. However, Kumar has added that…
indiapost.com BARTLETT, ILLINOIS, July 1, 2007: Celebrating 100 years of selfless service and spiritual growth, BAPS held its’ Centenary Celebration at the Grand Sears Center Arena at Hoffman Estates on June 17. Speeches, skits, and colorful dances were performed commemorating the past, present, and future of BAPS, a socio-spiritual organization dedicated to serving society. Held in the divine presence of…
www.chicagotribune.com BARTLETT, ILLINIOS, July 1, 2007: In the parking lot of the new Jain temple in Bartlett, workers are prying open crates of white marble shipped from India – slabs, carved columns, elephants and lions, intricate domes for the interior niches where 24 stone deities sit. All would seem to be ready for wrapping the cinder-block walls in marble and…
news.bbc.co.uk SOUTHERN INDIA, March 19, 2004: (HPI note: this is an old, but interesting story.) Kupgal Hill was first discovered in 1892 but it has only been recently that archaelogists have documented the significance of the site in their journal Antiquity. The news release explains, “The Kupgal Hill site includes rocks with unusual depressions that were designed to be struck…
www.regulations.gov WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2007: To view the final collection of comments on the proposed rule changes to the R-1 Religious Worker Visa, go to URL above. Next, in step 1, select “all documents (open and closed for comment).” Then in step 4 on the same page, select “document ID,” enter “USCIS-2005-0030” and push “submit.” This will bring up…
timesnow.tv INDIA, June 25, 2007: Days before the two-month-long annual pilgrimage to the holy cave of Amarnath begins, unprecedented and elaborate security arrangements have been put in place to ensure that there is no security threat to the pilgrims. Sources say this has been undertaken after militants caught recently revealed in an interrogation that some groups–especially the Lashkar-e-Toiba, might be…
info@parmarth.com LONDON, U.K., June 27, 2007: Tune in to MATV channel 793 (Sanskar Channel) in London and the local MATV channel in other European countries at 3:00 p.m. UK time on Sunday, July 1, to see the Divine Parmarth Mansarovar Yatra, inspired and led by H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and in the holy presence of H.H. Pujya Swami Divyanand…