www.guardian.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, March 3, 2009: Setting foot in the BAPS Swaminarayan temple in Neasden, there’s a strange feeling of transportation: from wintry north London to the music, lights, and incense-scented air of India. The Deity statues, lit by spotlights and dressed in vividly colored clothing, stand in niches of carved marble. In private, before the devotees were allowed in,…
www.contracostatimes.com BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, USA, March 15, 2009: Hundreds of students raucously celebrated Holi on the UC Berkeley campus Sunday, drenching all celebrants in vivid colors and dancing to blaring Bollywood tunes. But two things were different this year: the colored powders imported from India are certified to be free of any toxins, and none of them are seeping into the…
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www.thehindu.com CUDDALORE, TAMIL NADU, February 17, 2009: Members of the Chidambaram Temple’s Protection Committee, led by its president K. Gandhi, fasted Monday at Chidambaram, urging the State government to revoke the order on take-over of the Natarajar temple. According to Mr. Gandhi, the Committee recently passed a resolution stating that the Podhu Dikshithars were performing the rituals and running the…
HPI A simple devotional action performed by Hindus in front of Lord Ganesha from time immemorial is now being researched and enthusiastically promoted in the West as “Super Brain Yoga.” Students, Alzheimers patients and adults trying to stave off memory loss are saying it has improved their mental faculties. Dr. Eric Robins, a medical doctor in Los Angeles, calls it…
www.appeal-democrat.com YUBA CITY, CALIFORNIA, USA, March 8, 2009: Kushlia Devi Hunji’s last desire was to have a Hindu temple built in Yuba City for residents to visit and pray. “She would be very proud today,” said her daughter Ablasha Hunji Thomas on Saturday. Several dozen Hindu residents gathered in the Sri Narayan Hindu Temple in prayer and thanks to celebrate…
RNS VATICAN, March 17, 2009: For the past two months, the Catholic Church has been overcome by one fairly straightforward question: Why didn’t the pope know that the bishop he welcomed back into the church had extremist views that would cause so much embarrassment? Last week, the pope had an answer. He hadn’t Googled it. “I have been told,” Pope…
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www.hindu.com TIRUMALA, ANDRHRA PRADESH, INDIA, March 14, 2009: The long-anticipated project of providing gold plating to the famous hill temple of Lord Venkateswara began on a grand note on an auspicious hour Friday, as temple priests conducted special pujas to the golden Lakshmi image near the main sanctum. The project, which will convert the entire temple and its precincts into…
indianrealist.wordpress.com AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, March 8, 2009: The Global Human Rights Defense has just published its annual report on human rights violations in Bangladesh. The report documents atrocities perpetrated on the Hindu minority in 2008. Before Bangladesh became a separate country, the Enemy Property Act of 1965 was passed. This law allowed the confiscation of property owned by non-Muslims, considering them…