What Were the Ten Most Important Events in Hinduism and Yoga in the Last Fifteen Years?
GO TO SOURCE June 1, 2002: Researcher Stuart Sovatsky requests HPI readers to e-mail him at “source” with their list of the ten most important events related to Yoga or Hinduism in the US over the past 10-15 years. They are for his article on Hinduism in the US which will appear in the Columbia University Desk Reference on Eastern…
Correction on Schedule of Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami’s Canada Visit
GO TO SOURCE June 1, 2002: On Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9, 2002, Sri Swamiji will visit Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada–not Toronto, as previously reported in HPI of May 30. Swamiji will be at the Yoga in Daily Life Center, 2245 West Broadway, Vancouver, 604-608-8734. Reservations required.
Two More People Killed in India
GO TO SOURCE AHMADABAD, INDIA, May 30, 2002: A Muslim bus driver was dragged out of his bus and burned alive, and a Hindu man was killed in a bomb blast, police said Thursday, as violence resumed in western India, where nearly 1,000 people have died in three months of Hindu-Muslim clashes. Both men were killed Wednesday night in Kadi,…
Puttige Seer Visits “Tirupati of America”
GO TO SOURCE MANGALORE, INDIA, May 25, 2002: Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji of Puttige Mutt will participate in the Silver Jubilee Celebration of Sri Venkateshwara Temple in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvani. It is popularly known as “Tirupathi of America” after the famed Venkateshwara temple to Lord Vishnu in Tirupathi, South India. According to a press release from Puttige Mutt, the festival, which…
Trio Leads Enchanted Evening
GO TO SOURCE MIAMI, FLORIDA, May 30, 2002: World renowned Yoga master T. K. V. Desikachar and his two students/children, Mekhala and Kausthub, are traveling through the United States from India on a six-concert Vedic chanting tour. On Tuesday, the trio led a crowd of more than 60 in the ancient art of chanting at the Yamaha Concert Hall inside…
Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda Visits North America
GO TO SOURCE ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, USA, May 30, 2002, In May, 2002, one of the world’s most loved and respected spiritual Masters, Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda (Swamiji) will visit North America with the message that “World Peace is in Your Hands.” Sri Swamiji kicks off his North American tour with a seminar and retreat in Alexandria, VA, on May 30-June 2.…
Salman Rushdie on India and Pakistan in New York Times
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, NEW YORK, May 30, 2001: Author Salman Rushdie offers his analysis and approach to tensions between India and Pakistan in this New York Times editorial, which is, at least in comparison to a lot of editorials on the situation, relatively well-informed on the ground realities. An excerpt, “This time President Musharraf is the one being…
Skirmishes Mar Celebration of Buddha’s Birthday
GO TO SOURCE GAYA, INDIA, May 27, 2002: Minor skirmishes on Sunday between Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists on the one hand and new Buddhists on the other marred the Buddha Purnima or birthday celebrations, the most important event of the Buddhist calendar. According to the Buddhist belief, it was on this day that rarest of the…
Tamils Continues to Press Army to Vacate Temples
Source: TamilNet SRI LANKA, May 26, 2002: The Federation of Hindu Temples in Batticaloa and Amparai said Sunday that the Sri Lankan security forces in the region continue to encompass more than 15 places of worship in the two districts within the defense perimeters of their camps. The trustee boards of fourteen Hindu temples in Batticaloa and Amparai complained to…