Source NEW YORK, April 13, 2011: In the scheme of things, saving the 38 billion dollars that Congress seems poised to agree upon is not a big deal. A big deal is saving a trillion bucks. And we could do that by preventing disease instead of treating it, using proper nutrition as the cure. For the first time in history,…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, April 10, 2011: Any visitor to the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir could not fail to be awed. Everyone from Princess Diana to Jimmy Carter has paid a visit. On 27 October 2000 it broke a world record by serving 1,247 vegetarian dishes to mark the start of the Hindu new year. The temple is in suburban north-west London,…
Source TRINIDAD/TOBAGO, April 5, 2011: The government will move to make religious education mandatory at all schools, Education Minister Dr. Tim Gopeesingh announced on Sunday. “The Ministry of Education…intends to implement a new system of religious education in our schools,” he said while delivering a feature address at a youth forum hosted by the Hindu Students Council. Gopeesingh elaborated, “Under…
Press Release UNITED STATES, April 2011, (by Lt. Col. Ravi Chaudhary): The tremendous growth of South Asians in the Department of Defense has brought about the need build the first Dharmic/Hindu Military Chaplain Programs in DoD. I have been working with a team of action officers here in the Pentagon to make this diversity program a reality. The Office of…
Source INDIA, April 15, 2011: Kolhapur Collector Laxmikant Deshmukh and Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Satej Patil on Friday announced that women would henceforth be allowed to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Sri Mahalakshmi temple here. This decision was taken at a meeting attended by the priests, the Devstan Management Committee officials, and Superintendent of Police Yashashwi Yadav.…
Press Release USA, April 8, 2011 (Press Release): BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandirs across North America commemorated Earth Hour by switching off lights within the complexes at 8:30pm on Saturday, March 26, 2011 to join millions of supporters across the world in observing Earth Hour 2011. Many diverse iconic landmarks as the Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower, Bird’s Nest (Olympic…
Source SRINAGAR, April 12 (Kashmir Observer): Kashmiri Hindu community celebrated Ram Navami, the birthday of lord Ram, with religious fervour and gaiety on Wednesday. Members of Kashmiri Pandit community visited temples since early this morning. A large number of Pandits assembled at Ram temple, Sathu Barbar Shah for special prayers. The society demanded that the State Assembly pass the Hindu…
Source MUMBAI, INDIA, April 14, 2011 (The Daily Pioneer): A group of women activists created history on Wednesday by storming into the sanctum sanctorum and performing puja at the famous Mahalakshmi temple at Kolhapur in western Maharashtra, where only men are allowed to enter the “garbha-griha”. In an incident that created a sensation, as many as 20 activists, led by…
Source Whatever defect I have in my sight, in my heart or mind, may God amend! May He, the Protector of the world, bless us! — Yajur Veda 36.2.
RNS USA, April 11 (Religion News Service): Bibles cannot be the only reading materials allowed in jail, the U.S. Department of Justice said in joining a lawsuit against a South Carolina detention center on Tuesday (April 12). The original suit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Prison Legal News last October, charged that the Berkeley County…