www.ndtv.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 7, 2006: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has directed the state governments to protect inter-caste couples. The court said that states should encourage inter-caste marriages to ensure a casteless society. The Supreme Court gave this ruling while quashing proceedings initiated against an inter-caste couple in Uttar Pradesh, speaking about the tendency to harass…
www.teluguportal.net RODNEY BAY, ST. LUCIA, July 7, 2006: Jennifer Gaston and Fleming Victor Luther Salapuddi, both St Lucians of Indian origin, are successful professionals. Ms. Gaston’s family came to this island over a hundred years ago, part of the indentured labour shipped by the British to man their plantations, while Dr. Salapuddi came in the 1970s, one of the first…
www.kansas.com WICHITA, KANSAS, July 1, 2006: HPI note: This article appeared in the Wichita Eagle, a newspaper based in Wichita, Kansas.) Karma, according to many Eastern religions, is the ultimate in objective justice–the innately moral music to which our universe twirls. Karma dictates that, sooner or later, we reap what we sow. Like many other spiritual beliefs, karma is a…
www.religionwatch.com USA, July 7, 2006: Fifty percent of Americans report that they have had religious experience, according to the first nationally representative study of spiritual transformations. The study was conducted by Tom Smith of the General Social Survey at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, who added a special National Spiritual Transformation Study module to the…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, July 7, 2006: Hinduism Today is researching an article on vegetarianism in the world’s religions. We are not easily finding material on any manifestation of vegetarianism in Taoism, Confucianism or the Shinto religion of Japan. If you can help with information, kindly e-mail ar@hindu.org.
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, July 7, 2006: An HPI reader points out that yesterday’s report on Kashmir is misleading. The report says, “The Tripursundari Vaishnavite shrine at Devsar in Anantnag district welcomed hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits, who had migrated from the Valley in 1989 with the onset of militancy, abandoning the temple.” He writes, “What is this ‘migration’? The Pandits were…
wcco.com MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, June 29, 2006: Three months ago, vandals entered the new temple for the Hindu Society of Minnesota and destroyed parts of the walls and Deities that were shipped from overseas. The temple is now ready for worship. Inaugural ceremonies started at the temple on Thursday and they’ll continue through Sunday. It’s a place where the 20,000 Minnesotans…
www.uniindia.com KASHMIR, INDIA, July 4, 2006: After more than 18 years, the gates of a historic temple in south Kashmir were opened for devotees on Tuesday. The Tripursundari Vaishnavite shrine at Devsar in Anantnag district welcomed hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits, who had migrated from the Valley in 1989 with the onset of militancy, abandoning the temple. The temple of Khunbaran…
www.zeenews.com VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH INDIA, July 3, 2006: Archaeologists in Visakhapatnam claim that a centuries-old temple exists two kilometers from Visakhapatnam coast, on the sea bed. While the eastern coastal city of Visakhapatnam is steeped in history, few know that there was a temple called “Visakeswara Temple” off the coast of the city. Many centuries ago this temple went under…
www.fijitimes.com NADI, FIJI, July 3, 2006: At least 5,000 Hindu devotees were at the Sri Siva Subramanya Swami Temple, in Nadi, yesterday to be part of their 12th year Mahakumbhabhishekam celebration. The festivities and the religious ceremonies, which began on Wednesday, ended yesterday with the final re-consecration of the temple at the Suva end of the Nadi Town. Temple president…