GO TO SOURCE PUNE, INDIA, January 31, 2002: The famous Tirupati temple in Andra Pradesh now has a replica near the city of Pune. Pilgrims unable to make it to Tirupati to worship Lord Balaji have built the 7,000-square-foot temple in a 19,000 square foot plot on a site near Pashan Lake. Nestled among green hills, the temple formally installed…
Source: Hindu Press International KOPAY, SRI LANKA, February 7, 2002: Friends and relatives in this village near Jaffna, Sri Lanka, announced today the passing on of Tiru A. V. Mylvaganam on January 19, 2002, at age 89. His passing is especially noted by Hinduism Today. The association of Tiru A.V. Mylvaganam and our late publisher, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, which endured…
Source: HPI Correspondent, Anil Mahabir TRINIDAD, February 7, 2002: The University of the West Indies together with the Hindi Foundation of Trinidad & Tobago and the High Commission for the Republic of India are hosting a conference, which will take place from May 17 to 19, 2002. The title of the conference is “Hindi Language, Literature and Culture: A Caribbean…
GO TO SOURCE ENGLAND, February 7, 2002: The National Hindu Students Forum UK is requesting Hindus all over the world to submit articles for their magazine “Hum.” Articles should be 800-1,500 words long and should be related to Hindu philosophy or issues relevant especially to Hindu youth. Please send all articles in Microsoft Word “source” above
GO TO SOURCE KATHMANDU, NEPAL, JANUARY 31, 2002: The Nepali government will give high priority to religious tourism and make it one of the major components for the tourist attraction campaign, the Kathmandu Post said Thursday. The Nepali government will concentrate its programs mainly at Pashupatinath where a large number of Hindus will come for worship during the Maha Sivaratri…
Source: Afternoon Despatch & Courier MUMBAI, INDIA, JANUARY 31, 2002: Veteran artists and performers are upset about the unfairness of the 10 p.m. deadline for the use of loudspeakers enforced by India’s Supreme Court. The law states that any activity involving the use of loudspeakers or exceeding a decibel level that could be considered disruptive to residents of the area…
GO TO SOURCE LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, January 31, 2002: Hatha Yoga’s intricate system of posturing, posing, bending and twisting is one of the hottest fitness programs offered across the US. According to the Yoga Research and Education Center in Santa Rosa, California, more than 20 million people in the United States practice yoga. Many practitioners praise yoga for its health…
GO TO SOURCE DENVER, COLORADO, July 6-7, 2002: A conference will be held in Denver, Colorado, on July 6 and 7 to note the progress that has been made in eliminating corporal punishment of children worldwide. Sponsored by EPOCH-USA, Save the Children Sweden, and the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children of London, the conference will feature…
GO TO SOURCE COLUMBIA, NEW YORK, January 30, 2002: The Center for International Conflict resolution at Columbia University (http://sipa.columbia.edu/cicr) and the Interfaith Center of New York (http://www.interfaithcenter.org) have been working to study and support the efforts of religiously inspired peacemaking throughout the world. They are combining efforts to create a Religion and Peacemaking Database (RPD) to document and make available…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 31, 2002: Shambu Nath Singh, the teacher of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s primary school at Sultanpuri accused of meting out corporal punishment to an eight-year-old girl, was arrested on Thursday by the Delhi Police. Last Monday, Shambhu, 33, had grabbed Rachna’s hair and repeatedly struck her forehead against a table until her…