Author: Staff Writer

Source: Merinews

http://www.merinews.com/article/alaska-senate-house-of-reps-open-with-sanskrit-shlokas/15803741.shtml

Both Alaska state senate and House of Representatives in Juneau started day’s work with Hindu prayers on April nine. 

Rajan Zed, Hindu leader, read the opening prayers from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before Senators and Representatives on this...

Author: Manoj R Nair

Source: Mumbai Mirror

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/2010040820100408021028944c8a7a042/Much-noise-over-names-at-Towers-of-Silence.html

After refusing permission to an inter-caste married Parsi woman to let her body be consigned to the Towers of Silence after her death because she had assumed a ‘Hindu’ name, the Bombay Parsi Panchayet (BPP)...

Author: Sarban Singh

Source: The Star

Author: Megan K. Scott

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i_S1zzF0Ik9uparAwoxPeyUkgmyAD9EV0CCO5

Several dozen Sikhs on Thursday protested a speech by an Indian minister who they say instigated mob riots in their country in 1984 that left more than 3,000 dead, most of them Sikhs.

About 100 members of the Sikhs for Justice, a...

Author: Will Henshaw

Source: Rutherglen Reformer

http://iclanarkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/tm_headline=rutherglen-church-to-be-transformed-into-hindu-temple%26method=full%26objectid=26187548%26siteid=63227-name_page.html

The former Wardlawhill Church building is being transformed into a new Hindu Temple.

The...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Nevada News

http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/details.aspx?articleid=5396&zoneid=15

Hindu Baccalaureate Service (Dikshant Utsav), held for the first time in Western USA at University of Nevada-Reno (UNR) in May 2008, enters third year. 
 
Organized by Indo-American leader Rajan Zed in collaboration with Indian Student Organization and South Asian Association of UNR, it...

Author: Sarah Scott

Source: Yale Daily News

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2010/04/07/hindu-prayer-space-opens/

For the 30 to 40 Hindus in each undergraduate class, the closest place to gather to pray was an hour’s drive away — until Monday night.

Now, to participate in Hindu group prayer, all students have to do is walk to room 014 in the Bingham Hall basement, where they...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AFP

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Malaysia has set up an academy to train Hindu priests in a bid to reduce the number of foreigners working in temples in the Muslim-majority nation, a newspaper reported Monday.

Human resources minister S. Subramaniam's announcement came after the...

Author: Martin Sanchez

Source: Palo Alto Online

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=16313

More than 5,000 people converged on Stanford University's Sand Hill playing field Saturday afternoon to dance, sing and cover one another with huge quantities of colored powder for Holi, a Hindu holiday celebrating the coming of spring.

This incarnation of the ancient festival was also a fundraiser for the Stanford chapter of...

Author: Liz Gooch

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/world/asia/02malay.html

Through most of their 17-year marriage, M. Indira Gandhi says she and her husband observed rituals that she considered integral to their Hindu faith. Each morning they would pray before a shrine and on Fridays they would fast. During festivals they donned brightly colored, traditional outfits to attend their local temple.

Those were...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: macon.com

Wire Service: AP

http://www.macon.com/2010/03/26/1073249/court-oks-auction-of-hindu-statues.html

A federal bankruptcy judge has approved the auctioning of 100 statues and other property to satisfy debts of the Hindu Temple of Georgia, which filed for bankruptcy last year.

The temple, in Norcross, claims to have $9.4 million in assets and $15...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: San Jose Mercury News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14764487?nclick_check=1

A project that would triple the size of a popular Hindu cultural center in Northern California has residents in the area worried about crowds and noise. They want city officials to reconsider allowing the expansion.

Neighbors of the Hindu Community Cultural Center, which...

Author: Krista Graber

Source: Bethel College News

http://www.bethelks.edu/bc/news_publications/news/bc/index.php/2010/03/24/a-new-view-lens-of-hindu-culture-brings-students-own-into-sharper-focus

For Paul Lewis, Bethel College professor of psychology, an integral part of his Social Cognition class is having students directly encounter the Hindu Indian...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Sify News

http://sify.com/news/hindus-muslims-rebuild-shrines-and-peace-in-bareilly-news-national-kdwqEbhjdde.html

If the recent riots made Bareilly cry for peace, the trouble-torn district in western Uttar Pradesh is now witnessing a rare show of communal harmony now -- Muslims taking up the construction of a damaged temple and Hindus joining hands to restore a mazar...

Author: Hillary Feeney

Source: Chico News & Review

http://www.newsreview.com/chico/content?oid=1388518

Whether it’s waving a flame in front of an image of a god or offering food, ceremonies and festivals are important ways for Hindus to show devotion to the gods. Until recently, though, the Hindu community in Chico did not have a place to celebrate festivals, hold ceremonies or meditate.

In 2008, Manju Pillai bought a former...