GO TO SOURCETIRUPATI, INDIA, October 7, 2002: An estimated one million pilgrims flocked to the temple town of Tirumala, Andra Pradesh, last Monday to participate in the festival called Brahmotsavam. Honoring Lord Venkateswara and Goddess Padmavathi, the entire Tirupati hill was decorated in festival style. The presiding deity, Lord Venkateswara’s utsava murthi was decorated with rare and dazzling diamond jewels.…
GO TO SOURCEOXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, October 11, 2002: Multiculturalism finally entered the grim world of England’s famously-austere Victorian prisons on Thursday, but it marched to the sweet tones of the sitar and sang in Hindi. Two Jalandhar boys — one behind bars, the other strutting the world stage as creator of bhangra-rap — brought India to hundreds of petty criminals, murderers…
GO TO SOURCE DELHI, INDIA, October 11, 2002: Nearly 600 years after the first Christian missionaries landed in India, brahmin priests are being readied at a seminary near Delhi to take their religion worldwide and defend “the rights of Hindus against conversion.” Religious organizations aligned with India’s Hindu nationalist-led government, committed to preserving Hinduism in its purest and most traditional…
GO TO SOURCEDELHI, INDIA, October 11, 2002: Nearly 600 years after the first Christian missionaries landed in India, brahmin priests are being readied at a seminary near Delhi to take their religion worldwide and defend “the rights of Hindus against conversion.” Religious organizations aligned with India’s Hindu nationalist-led government, committed to preserving Hinduism in its purest and most traditional form,…
Source: Leicester Mercury LEICESTER, ENGLAND, October 4, 2002: Thousands of people will join the colorful celebrations next week marking the Hindu festival of Navaratri. The festival runs from Monday until October 15. The nine nights are dedicated to the three main Goddesses of Hinduism — Parvati, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Visitors will travel nationwide to join huge parties at De Montfort…
GO TO SOURCE ENGLAND, October 8, 2002: A spicy ingredient of many curries may be an effective treatment for radiation burns, according to a study. Researchers in the United States believe it may prevent skin blistering and redness associated with cancer radiation therapy. The compound, which gives the spice turmeric its yellow color, was effective in tests on mice. Turmeric…
GO TO SOURCE WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES, October 9, 2002: Miss America 2003, Erika Harold, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Illinois, yesterday said pageant officials have ordered her not to talk publicly about sexual abstinence, a cause she has advocated to teenage girls in Illinois. “Quite frankly, and I’m not going to be specific, there are pressures…
GO TO SOURCE PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD, October 11, 2002: Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Campus Principal & Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus, has endorsed the ninth edition of the Kashi Ka Patra for year 2003-2004. The Patra is a listing of all astrological information necessary for the year for calculating auspicious days, festivals, etc. Many in…
GO TO SOURCE DHAKA, BANGLADESH, October 9, 2002: Police have detained ten people suspected of vandalizing eight statues of the Hindu goddess Durga at the Shivkarunamoyee Laxmi Narayan Jeu temple in Narayanganj, near the capital city of Dhaka. The temple’s security guard and nine others have been detained on suspicion of vandalizing the statues, police said. Temple authorities said the…
GO TO SOURCE GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, October 7, 2002: The Gandhi-King Award for Nonviolence was presented to Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in Geneva in recognition of Her lifelong work in furthering the principles of nonviolence. Previous award winners include Nobel Prize honorees Kofi Annan (Secretary-General of the United Nations) in 1999 and Nelson…