HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, January 6, 2007: Following is a list of major Hindu festivals for 2007 calculated according to the Lahiri Ayanamsa (see here) and for the east coast of the United States. In some years, one or another date may be one day different than the date the festival is celebrated in India. February 15: MahasivaratriMarch 3: HoliMarch 26:…
www.nytimes.com ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 3, 2006: Ash-smeared Hindu saints led millions of devotees Wednesday in a pre-dawn holy dip at the meeting of three major rivers in northern India, starting a weeks-long pilgrimage to wash away their sins. Chanting religious hymns, a multitude of men, women and children jumped into the water at 4:54 a.m., a moment chosen as auspicious…
www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, January 5, 2007: Hinduism Today would appreciate recommendations for web sites to review on its Digital Dharma page. We have over the years covered many major Hindu resources, and are looking for new ones that meet one or more of the following criteria: 1) have deep, unique and educational content of value to Hindus. 2) help Hindus…
Religion News Service VIRGINIA, USA, January 4, 2007: (Note: This is an important ruling which would apply to Hindus in prison in the US.) An appeals court has affirmed a federal law protecting the religious rights of inmates, denying the state of Virginia’s second request that it be declared unconstitutional. The Richmond, Va.-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled…
news.monstersandcritics.com JAMMU, INDIA, December 27, 2006: A record 6.7 million pilgrims have visited the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir this year with nearly 25,000 devotees climbing the mountainous terrain every day despite snow, rains and sub-zero temperatures. “We have recorded the arrival of pilgrims at 6.7 million and with the rush increasing in the run up to New…
www.earth-auroville.com AUROVILLE, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, January 1, 2007: (HPI note: a longer report and many photos of the temple are at URL above.) Sri Karneshwar Nataraja temple located on the beach at Pudhukuppam, 12 kilometers north of Auroville, was inaugurated by Dr. Karan Singh and his wife Smt. Yasho Rajya Lakshmi on September 30, 2006. Dr. Karan Singh, Chairman of…
www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, NEW YORK, December 27, 2006: (HPI note: The following item is from the editorial page of the New York Times — not the place you’d normally expect a anti-meat statement…) When you think about the growth of human population over the last century or so, it is all too easy to imagine it merely as an increase…
www.hindu.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, December 31, 2006: As the time ticked in for the arrival of New Year, the flow of pilgrims into the temple of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala peaked up, even as VVIPs also continued to throng the temple. Some of the top dignitaries who reached Tirumala on Sunday were Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and two…
www.samachar.com DELHI, INDIA, December 31, 2006: Their ancestors crossed the seas to work in alien lands more than a couple of centuries ago. Now, their descendants have a chance to locate the place of origin of their forefathers and even meet their relatives in India. When people belonging to the Indian Diaspora come to participate in the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas…
news.bbc.co.uk SPAIN, December 29, 2006: The Roman Catholic bishop of Cordoba in southern Spain has rejected an appeal from Muslims for the right to pray in the city’s cathedral, a former mosque. The Cordoba mosque was turned into a Catholic cathedral in the 13th Century after the city was conquered by King Ferdinand III in the war to drive the…