www.hindu.com COIMBATORE, INDIA, December 10, 2006: Dravidar Kazhakam and others, who were initiating the installation of a statue of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, accused Swami Dayananda Saraswati of inciting Hindu Makkal Katchi workers towards vandalism. Police anticipate trouble at the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam (Swami’s ashram), similar to what happened at other places in Tamil Nadu. Security was tightened for Swami…
www.samachar.com LONDON, ENGLAND, December 7, 2006: India’s next generation leads the world’s young, along with the Kenyans, in wanting to emigrate and secure a better future, a BBC global survey of 15 to 17-year-olds in 10 cities has found. Today’s youth also appeared to thirst for a world without borders, with four out of five respondents telling the survey people…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com CHENNAI, INDIA, December 7, 2006: Administrators of the Krishna temple at Guruvayur, Kerala, had never seen so many gold bars. On Monday, a devotee offered 70 kg of gold, equivalent to his body weight. The gold bars worth US$1.5 million were offered by Mr. P. N. C, Menon, chairman of Bangalore-based Shobha Developers, on the occasion of his 58th…
www.himalayanacademy.com Now you can order a Hindu birth chart at the source above. This chart includes rasi and navamsa charts, the dasas, the nakshatra, the birth syllable for determining a new baby’s name and other important information using the Lahiri ayanamsha. It is one page, easy to read and only US$5. To help read the chart the book “Beneath a…
www.rediff.com MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, December 7, 2006: “For years, the Dalits were addressed with disrespect but now, if you call any scheduled class person ‘oyire’ he shouts back with equal scorn ‘kai re?” says Prakash Vishwasrao, Mumbai-based progressive publisher-owner of the New Age press. Literally, oyire means “Oh you,” and might be translated as “Hey, you!” or “You there!” delivered in…
www.tirumala.org TIRUMALA, INDIA, December 01, 2006: Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (TTD) Trust Board Chairman B. Karunakara Reddy inaugurated the 24th Veda Sastra Agama Vidwat Sadas (a meeting of Vedic scholars where exams are held) at Vedapatasala in Vedagiri at Tirumala. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Reddy stressed the need to protect the Vedas. He reiterated the need to propagate Vedas even…
bhimani19@yahoo.com VALLEY FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA, December 7, 2006: Swadhyaya Pariwar, inspired by Rev. Pandurang Sashtri Athavale, celebrated the American holiday of Thanksgiving at the Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, convention center last weekend. More then 2,000 people attended this event and it was celebrated in a very unique way. Youth between the ages of 16-30 participated in a Bhagavad Gita Elocution Competition and…
www.up-tourism.com ALLAHABAD (PRAYAG), INDIA, December 7, 2006: Held in the sixth year following the Kumbha Mela, Ardh Kumbha falls between two Kumbha Melas. This festival attracts millions of worshippers, as do the Kumbha Melas held on the 12 year cycle. The dates of the holy baths for the 2007 Ardh Kumbha at Prayag are: Paush Purnima, January 3, 2007; Makar…
www.himalayanacademy.com KAUAI, HAWAII, December 8, 2006: Himalayan Academy as posted a scanned version of the “Saiva Kala Viveka, Systematic Inquiry on Timing of Tample Rituals,” provided to us by Dr. Sabharathnam S. Pattusamy of Chennai, India. It is in Grantha script. We do not know the publisher or date of this printed manuscript. It is an 18MB PDF ocument.
www.hindu.com JAMMU, INDIA, November 21, 2006: Each year the number of devotees worshipping at the cave temple shrine of Vaishnodevi keeps rising and this year is no exception as over 6.2 millon was the last count of pilgrims on November 21. Sri Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board Additional Chief Executive Puneet Kumar said, “We are happy to create yet another record…