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Friday, 08 May 2009 |
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An elderly Hindu man who wants an open-air cremation in Britain when he dies, on Friday lost his test case at London's High Court. Davender Ghai, 70, was challenging the refusal of his local council in Newcastle to let his body be burnt on an open-air pyre in line with his devout religious beliefs. SOURCE ARTICLE |
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Wednesday, 05 November 2008 |
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Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has questioned in the Supreme Court the Centre’s stand that Ramar Sethu is not an integral part of Hindu religion. In his fresh written submissions in the Sethusamudram case, he said the revised stand of the Centre, in its submissions filed on October 12, “has no basis either in fact or in law.” He refuted the averment that the “petitioners have not proved that Ramar Sethu is an integral or essential part of the Hindu religion to attract Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution.” FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Sunday, 08 June 2008 |
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Britain's first Hindu state school is being launched with a religious ceremony to mark the start of building work on the controversial project. The Krishna-Avanti Primary School will open its doors to the first reception class in September, but children will spend a year in temporary classrooms while new buildings are constructed. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Monday, 21 April 2008 |
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The biggest pilgrimage of Pakistani Hindus, the three-day long Mata Hinglaj celebrations, started in Hungol, Balochistan, for which thousands of Hindus, mainly women, children and the elderly, gathered at the Swami Narain Temple in Karachi on Sunday evening to depart in a pilgrim caravan. “Hindus come from all over Pakistan and even from India for this pilgrimage, usually gathering in Karachi to travel in a caravan,” said Krishna Garagwansi, the spiritual leader of lower caste Hindus, adding that before the RCD highway was constructed connecting Karachi and Gwadar, most people went walking. This brought about the tradition of traveling in a caravan, which continues today, albeit using buses instead of walking. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Friday, 04 January 2008 |
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Around 2,000 tribal men and women from different villages in South Gujarat, who had converted to Christianity, re-embraced Hinduism on Monday evening at a religious ceremony ( sammelan) at the Shivaji ground in Tapi district. They took an oath by the fire in the presence of Jagat Guru Acharya Narendra Maharaj and submitted affidavits that they won't convert to Christianity ever again in the future. FULL ARTICLE LINK
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Wednesday, 07 November 2007 |
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The annual Festival of Lights called Diwali in which Canada's Hindu and Sikh community spend up to five days celebrating the victory of good over evil begins Friday. The festival usually occurs in the fall and is one of the most popular and eagerly awaited Indian festivals. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Saturday, 01 September 2007 |
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Yoga teachers in India on Saturday condemned the decision by two British churches to ban teaching of yoga in church halls. The yoga teachers say that the ancient physical and mental discipline is an art of living and not a religious practice. "This step has been taken by those who do not want Yoga to spread in across the world or, those who believe there associate it with propagation of Hinduism, says Acharaya Bal Kishan, general secretary of Patanjali Yog Peet, established by renowned guru, Baba Ramdev. FULL ARTICLE LINK
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Friday, 27 July 2007 |
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Police seized a sacred bull Thursday from a Hindu monastery in Wales, cutting open locked gates and dragging away protesters before taking the animal to be destroyed because it had tested positive for tuberculosis. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
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The government of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has banned the propagation of other religions in the holy places of Hindus across the state. The authorities say the move is to ensure that Hindu sentiments in holy places are not offended. It follows a row over alleged Christian missionary activity around a shrine in the town of Tirumala. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
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A Belgian garment company has apologized and withdrawn from circulation an undergarment with the picture of Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of wealth, following strong protests from the Indian community in Belgium. The firm known as DOD based in Brussels in an email to INEPNEXT said “we are very sorry for having offended you, but not being conscious of the origin of the picture, we didn't do it on purpose. “ FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Saturday, 12 May 2007 |
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Hindu temple leaders fighting to save a sacred bull from slaughter warned today the situation could become an international incident. When Shambo the bull tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB) it shattered the peace and tranquility of an isolated Hindu temple. The little known Skanda Vale Temple in the hamlet of Llanpumsaint, west Wales, is host to a community of 20 monks and six nuns. In the past week it has become the focus of an unlikely pro-life protest, which temple leaders warn is resonating around the world. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Tuesday, 10 April 2007 |
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Hindu rightwing organisations here yesterday demanded that a Muslim boy who had reportedly run away with a Hindu girl and married her be arrested and the girl handed over to her parents. The organisations threatened to launch an agitation if authorities failed to arrest the boy. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007 |
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A dispute over the area surrounding the Luxmi Narain Temple located under Native Jetty Bridge here, has developed into a battle between the Hindus and a business house that wants to build a American food street on it. The Grand Leisure Corporation, the business house involved in the dispute, is planning to landscape a major portion of the 5,750 square feet area in front of the temple after erecting a boundary wall around it. Hindus have been using the vacant space to accommodate thousands of devotees during every full moon night and on the occasion of major Hindu festival, and they are determined to oppose the creation of a food street. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Monday, 19 March 2007 |
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Millions of residents and tourists on the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali on Monday celebrated the annual "Day of Silence," a Hindu New Year's observance during which the island shuts down and people are banned from the streets. The New Year, called Nyepi, is one of the most important religious events for Balinese Hindus, and this year, they welcomed the Saka New Year of 1929. At midnight Sunday, the island's seaports, bus stations and airport closed down, not to reopen until 6 a.m. Tuesday (2300 GMT Monday), when the new Hindu year officially begins. FULL ARTICLE LINK
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007 |
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Cutting across religious barriers, thousands of Hindu pilgrims head for a hilltop temple in Erumely in Kerala's Kottayam District to pay their respects. En route, however, they stop at a mosque to pay homage. Over 10 million devotees visit Sabarimala during the annual pilgrimage, which begins in mid- November and culminates by the middle of January. But what we are talking about here is the unique annual fiesta called Petta Thullal it is an integral and customary part of the yatra to Lord Ayyapa's place. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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