SourceCOLOMBO, SRI LANKA, June 10, 2005: Sri Lankan police have used teargas and water cannons to try to disperse Buddhist monks blockading the residence of President Chandrika Kumaratunga. The monks are protesting against a proposed deal with Tamil Tiger rebels over some $2bn of tsunami relief aid (to areas of Hindu, Christian and Muslim Tamils). The government hopes to finalise…
United News of BangladeshRAJSHAHI, BANGLADESH, June 8, 2005: Few Bangladeshis know that Durga puja, the greatest Hindu religious festival, started off from a famous king’s place in Bangladesh’s Rajshahi district. In the present-day perspective, the venue of incarnation of Goddess Durga and the start of Her ceremonious worship at Taherpur holds a prospect of transforming the spiritual values into material…
SourceKAUAI, HAWAII, June 10, 2005: Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today magazine and HPI, will attend the kumbhabhishekam (opening ceremony) of the Hindu Society of Central Florida on June 18-19. Your family and friends are cordially invited to attend the following public events where you can enjoy Bodhinatha’s darshan and words of wisdom. June 18 9:30am: Homa at yagasala…
Kalyani GiriHOUSTON, TEXAS, June 4, 2005: The Hindu Students Council (HSC, click here for web site) hosted an occasion in celebration of the unifying force of Hinduism at the Shri Radha Krishna Temple Hall on June 3, 2005. The event, a HSC Awareness Dinner and Fundraiser, was held to create more awareness in the community of HSC’s vision to give…
SourceHYDERABAD, INDIA, June 6, 2005: An art book on Lord Venkateshwara was released by the Governor, Sushil Kumar Shinde, here on Sunday. Titled “Tirumala Tirupati the legends and beyond,” the book attempts at tracing the legends behind the popularity of the shrine through a beautiful compilation of 250 photographs, illustrations and architectural drawings woven together with historic facts. “It is…
SourceQUINCY, FRANCE, June 6, 2005: Eastern religious traditions can provide us with new cosmological insights, read this interesting article at “source.” Some ancient astronomers seemed to have arrived at the conclusion that the creation of the universe, its growth, its eventual decay and regeneration are eternal processes without a beginning and without an end, repeating in endless cycles. The Hindus…
SourceUSA, June 5, 2005: From Hindu temples in Juneau, Alaska, to Tallahassee, Florida, and to Kauai, Hawaii, there is an ongoing process of Hinduizing the American sacred space. Hindu Americans have begun to cultivate the strains within their own religious tradition that foster a sense of the sacred earth through myth, ritual, ceremonies, and spirit power that more or less…
SourceSRINIGAR, INDIA, June 7, 2005: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has agreed to begin the two-month long Amarnath pilgrimage from June 21, setting aside the controversy over its duration, the state’s Governor, Lt. General (retired) S.K. Sinha said on Tuesday. “The pilgrimage from Baltal route would begin from June 21, and it would be for 60 days or two…
SourceHARIDWAR, INDIA, June 6, 2005: Thousands of devotees from all over the country thronged the banks of the Ganges river in Uttaranchal to worship at the Hindu shrines amidst the chanting of hymns and a flamboyant cultural revelry. Dawn at Haridwar saw hordes of pilgrims as well as tourists swarming the banks of the holy river to take part in…
SourceFLORIDA, USA, June 7, 2005: Florida International University announces an on-line Sanskrit program consisting of two full years of college-level Sanskrit instruction. The four courses each carry 3 semester hours of credit through FIU and are transferable anywhere. Students anywhere in the world are most welcome to take the courses. The courses, offered in conjunction with Hindu University of America,…