www.vedantasociety-chicago.org CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, June 30, 2005: As part of the celebrations of its Platinum Jubilee, the Vivekananda Vedanta Society of Chicago held a conference on “Vedanta For The Global Village” at the Vivekananda Monastery & Retreat in Ganges, Michign, June 24-26. Thirteen swamis of the Ramakrishna Order and over 350 devotees participated in the 3-day event. The conference, which was…
www.navhindtimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 1, 2005: Many people in the United States dropped out and turned on in the 1960s as the country became involved in the Vietnam war and major cities became engulfed by race riots. Rampuri went a big step further — he disappeared into rural India and became a naked sadhu. For 21 years he wandered…
Religion News Service WASHINGTON, D.C., June 30, 2005: The U.S. Supreme Court’s ambiguous, split decisions on Ten Commandments displays has left everyone from community activists to lawyers grappling over what happens next. One religious leader sees a legal opening to erect scores of new Ten Commandments monuments across the country while an atheist group says the rulings give it license…
abcnews.go.com WASHINGTON, D.C., June 27, 2005: The US Supreme Court struggled in a pair of 5-4 rulings Monday to define how much blending of church and state is constitutionally permissible, allowing the Ten Commandments to be displayed outside the Texas state Capitol but not inside Kentucky courthouses. In its first rulings on the issue in a quarter-century, the high court…
www.hinduamericanfoundation.org TAMPA, FLORIDA, June 27, 2005: The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) expressed a combination of relief and some disappointment over the Supreme Court decisions on the constitutionality of Ten Commandments displays on government property. The decision in McCreary County vs. ACLU, that disallowed a framed version of the Ten Commandments in a Kentucky courthouse supported the HAF position that public…
www.indianexpress.com MUMBAI, INDIA, June 13, 2005: Ancient sixth century Saivite caves about seven miles from Mumbai on a quiet island have become a focus in India’s political arena. The Elephanta Caves boast a main cave that the news release says has a three-headed Sadashiva, a dozen highly detailed sculpture panels, and a Siva Lingam shrine, all patterned in a complex…
Rakesh Mathur ENGLAND, June 28, 2005: Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the arts is 58 years old. Established by the renowned English composer, Benjamin Britten, in the beautiful natural surroundings of Suffolk, the festival has traditionally served the Western music industry and its audience in the most high brow way. A group of international journalists were invited recently to the…
news.webindia123.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, June 26, 2005: A fire broke out at Nepal’s revered Pashupatinath temple complex Sunday, damaging a building and gutting old documents. The fire broke out at around 11 p.m. at the Agam Griha, officials of the Pashupatinath Area Development Trust entrusted with looking after the temple – one of the most hallowed Hindu pilgrimage sites – told…
www.betterhumans.com USA, June 24, 2005: A study of physician religious beliefs has found that 76% of doctors in America believe in God and 59% believe in an afterlife. The survey, by researchers at the University of Chicago, found that 90% of US doctors attend religious services at least occasionally, compared to 81% of all adults, and 55% say their religious…
Press Release KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, May 22, 2005: Shubha Bhat, 18-year-old senior at Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA, performed a benefit concert here at Netaji Auditorium on May 21. Her Bharata Natyam recital was to raise funds for the Ramakrishna Mission’s Single Mother support Programme and the educational needs of the underprivileged children at the Mission’s Kindergarten. The Guest…