Author: Jessica Whitfield

Source: The Daily Texan

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/state-local/hindu-celebration-stresses-unity-1.1770350

Almost 150 members of the Oriya community gathered at the Austin Hindu Temple on Sunday to celebrate the Festival of Chariots, an observance of Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra.

Jagannath serves as the presiding deity of the state of Orissa on the East Coast of India,...

Author: Krishnan Vasudevan

Source: NJ.com

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Duniyalive.com

http://www.duniyalive.com/?p=40565

Hindus and Jews have urged for separation of church and state in Denmark, where currently The Danish National Church is a state church.

Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman; and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California in USA; in a statement in Nevada today, said that institution of state church breached the equality of religions and the...

Author: Shaikh Azizur Rahman

Source: The National

http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090629/FOREIGN/706289896/1103/NEWS

Christians in the state of Orissa are pretending to be Hindus to protect themselves from militants who continue to threaten them nearly 10 months after a wave of sectarian violence.

Orissa’s Christian leaders reported this week that in some remote villages of Kandhamal district Christian families...

Author: Christina Capecchi

Source: The New York Times

Author: Michelle Knoll

Source: KSAX-TV

http://ksax.com/article/stories/S1001180.shtml?cat=10230

More than 1,000 people celebrated the completion of one of the largest Hindu temples in the world in Maple Grove Sunday.

It started as the dream of just a few people more than 20 years ago. They wanted to build a temple where Hindus from across the region could gather and celebrate. Sunday that dream finally became reality.

"Today...

Author: Liz Rhoades

Source: Queens Chronicle

Author: Jeff Strickler

Source: Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/48734042.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUdcOy_nc:DKUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

Eleven years after the Hindu Society of Minnesota picked out a cornfield near Maple Grove as the spot for its new home, one of the largest Hindu temples in North America celebrates its completion this weekend.

Crowds of up to 1,500 are expected each day of...

Author: Emily Dugan

Source: The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/inside-britains-first-hindu-statefunded-faith-school-1711566.html

"I like the tree position best," says five-year-old Sadhana, standing perfectly still on one leg, hands clasped in prayer. She is one of a row of children perched like stalks on miniature yoga mats as calming...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: NVO News

http://nvonews.com/2009/06/20/american-hindus-laud-obama/

Hindus have applauded US President Barack Obama for including “Hindus” in his remarks to Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference in Washington DC on July 19.

Obama said in this address: “So as we join in prayer, we remember that this is a nation of Christians and Muslims and Jews and Hindus and non-...

Author: Paul Hutchings

Source: Stoney Creek News

http://www.stoneycreeknews.com/news/article/179071

He’s one of the most important figures in the Hindu religion. Imagine Pope Benedict visiting a Hamilton-area Roman Catholic church and you have the effect the visit of his holiness Shree Swami Satyamitranand Giri Ji Maharaj Pravach had on those who practice the Hindu faith in Hamilton

The 78-year-old Swami had an audience of about 200 in...

Author: Michael Acker

Source: Sentinel

http://nbs.gmnews.com/news/2009/0618/front_page/003.html

South Brunswick Township officials recently approved amendments to land use standards that impact plans for the construction of a Hindu temple.

Officials decided to mandate that proposed structures, such as houses of worship, hospitals and community centers, have access to public sanitary sewers in a rural residential zone. The ordinance was...

Author: Babu Thomas

Source: The Christian Post

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090615/catholic-hindu-leaders-promote-harmony-in-wake-of-anti-christian-violence/index.html

During an interfaith dialogue in Mumbai, Hindu and Catholic leaders denounced religious conversions and recent anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal district in India.

The two-day meeting...

Author: Juanita Westaby

Source: The Grand Rapids Press

http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/06/west_michigan_hindus_to_mark_f.html

The call to prayer begins with the sound of "om" reverberating off the marble and granite surfaces and the tall ceilings. An auspicious sound, it soothes the soul.

For the next 30 minutes, Hindu priest Surendra Bharadwaj will gently bathe the black...