GO TO SOURCE BHUBANESWAR, ORISSA, INDIA, July 12, 2002: The Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in the temple town of Puri was incident-free, but for the death of a 30-year-old man who fell from the temple while trying to have a glimpse of the yatra. More than 800,000 devotees participated in the day-long parade of giant chariots. The three chariots…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 14, 2002: Many foreign tourists are leaving Indian shores these days with a broader smile. Literally. Between seeing the Taj and sunbathing at Kovalam, a large number of Europeans, Americans and even Asian tourists are now spending time in the dentist’s chair, getting that perfect and healthy set of teeth. All this for…
GO TO SOURCE JAMMU, INDIA, July 13, 2002: Islamic guerrillas threw grenades and engaged security forces in a gun battle Saturday, killing 25 Hindus — mostly women and children– in a shantytown outside the winter capital of Jammu-Kashmir state, police and hospital officials said. More than 30 people were wounded, according to officials at the Government Medical College Hospital in…
GO TO SOURCE AHMEDABAD, INDIA, JULY 12, 2002: The Jagannath Rath Yatra, an annual religious event in which a chariot is drawn for eight miles through the streets of Ahmedabad, has been conducted peacefully, despite fears that it might trigger a resurgence of religious violence that erupted there earlier this year. Thousands of troops and police had taken up positions…
GO TO SOURCE KAUAI, HAWAII, July 12, 2002: India Today’s recent edition carries a fine article on the Iraivan Hindu Temple being built here at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery, home of Hinduism Today and Hindu Press International. The hand-carved, white granite, Chola-style ornate temple will be the first all-stone temple in America. The author visited the temple carving site located outside…
GO TO SOURCE CALGARY, CANADA July 6, 2002: A 20-year-old elephant called Spike at Calgary Zoo has had his tusks fitted with stainless steel caps. The elephant, had cracked his left tusk while playing with tires. About one third of the tusk broke off and there was a split almost up to the jawline. The Asian elephant would have been…
Source: The Hindu CHENNAI, INDIA, July 9, 2002: Four intruders to Thiruvavaduthurai Aadheenam were surprised by security guards and chased from the premises last night. A pair of gloves and a syringe with a white color liquid were found on the premises. Five persons have now been arrested by police, including a former employee of the 600-year-old aadheenam, a monastery-temple…
GO TO SOURCE AYODHYA, INDIA, June 25, 2002: Prominent saints and seers in this temple town today demanded a ban on the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), saying that the VHP’s decision not to abide by the court order on the Ram temple issue would “encourage the cult of religious terrorism.” “The VHP’s decision is violative of constitutional provisions and such…
GO TO SOURCE BANGALORE, INDIA, July 8, 2002: Dr. Mitchell W. Krucoff, Director, Interventional Device Trials and Ischemia Monitoring Lab, Duke University Medical Center, is in the middle of a project MANTRA, which can change the way cardiologists look at cardiac care. In Bangalore en route to the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Puttaparthi, he shared some…
GO TO SOURCE SHIMLA, INDIA, JULY 8, 2002: Just after offering prayers, Sonam Norbu, main lama of the Sonam Norbu monastery, heard a creaking sound which he traced to the cracking of the main beam over the icon of Vairocana, located in the sanctum of the assembly hall. This thousand-year-old monastery in Tabo, located in the tribal Lahaul and Spiti…