Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, NY, USA, October 6, 2009 [An editorial from The New York Times]: The Supreme Court is currently deliberating whether a large cross that has been placed on federal land violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment, the constitutional provision that requires a wall of separation between church and state. The religious significance of the cross…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com There are things of deadly earnest that can only be mentioned under the cover of a joke. J. J. Procter
Source: ibnlive.in.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, October 12, 2009: U.S. President Barack Obama will personally join members of the Asian American community to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, at the White House next week, as announced on Friday. While it was former president George W Bush who started the tradition of celebrating Diwali at the White House, he never personally…
Source: www.bernama.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, October 8, 2009: A Hindu Temple Action Committee has been formed to address temple construction issues in the capital, said Deputy Federal Territories Minister Datuk M. Saravanan. “It is formed to solve temple construction and merge small temples in the capital and the office bearers will be decided at its next meeting,” he said on…
Source: www.thehindu.com PALANI, INDIA, October 7, 2009: The Palani Temple administration has started processing the hair offered by pilgrims, even setting up a system to auction it to buyers. The buyers, in turn, send the processed hair to local and overseas markets. Total revenue earned through direct auction of hair the year ending last June was US$500,000, according to T.…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com INDIA, September 6, 2009 (by Gurcharan Das): Growing up Hindu was a chaotically tolerant experience. My grandmother visited the Sikh gurudwara on Mondays and Wednesdays and a Hindu temple on Tuesdays and Thursdays; she saved Saturdays and Sundays for discourses by holy men, including Muslim peers, who were forever visiting our town. In between, she made time for…
Source: www.thehindu.com LUCKNOW, INDIA, October 2, 2009: A dip in the sacred river during the Maha Kumbh Mela is said to wash away all sins. A senior Muslim cleric who will perform the Hindu rite hopes it will also wash away religious differences. Kalbe Sadiq, a noted Shia cleric and senior vice-president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board,…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com You may develop a thousand virtues and be reckoned as the greatest in the land. But the lotus of your heart will not blossom until you receive the grace of the Guru, the grace of God! Dada Sadhu Vaswani
Source: vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn HUE, VIETNAM, September 29, 2009: The remains of a 1,200-year-old Cham sanctuary unearthed in Phu Vang District in Hue, Vietnam, will undergo major protection works costing US$32,000. The Chams, who practiced Hinduism, are now a minority group in Vietnam. The sanctuary will get a security post, equipment to safeguard the structure and a stele providing information about it.…
Source:¬†http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5361:durga-festival-in-kampala&catid=42:entertainment&Itemid=74 UGANDA, October 4, 2004: On Sunday, September 27, Uganda’s Indian community concluded four days of festivities in honor of the Goddess Durga. Symbolising strength, femininity and motherhood, the eight-armed, trident-wielding Durga triumphs over evil and is one of Hinduism’s most popular Goddesses. She is especially revered by millions of Bengalis from Eastern India, who comprise many of Uganda’s Hindus.…