Hindu leaders demand Ram Sethu not be demolished
Several Hindu religious leaders, including Shankaracharya Swarupanand Saraswati, reiterated their demand that demolition of the Ram Sethu at Rameshwaram be immediate by stopped and an alternative route for the Rs 2,427 crore Sethusamudram ship channel project be followed. Read more »
Non-stop recital of the Ramayana for 35 years
In the jungles of Bihad, 185 kilometres from Indore, is a unique temple that boasts of an extraordinary feat. Here, verses of the Hindu mythological, epic Ramayana have been recited for continuously for 35 years. Read more »
Bank account of Tooting Amman temple in UK frozen
The bank account with a balance amounting to several hundred thousand sterling pounds in the Tooting Amman Hindu Temple in London has been frozen and the Trustee of the Temple, K. Seevaratnam is being investigated by the British officials for his alleged involvement with the LTTE, reports from London said. Read more »
HJS demands cancellation of Ravi Varma Award to Husain
Dr. Manoj Solanki, Spokesperson Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (Hindu Awareness Forum), Goa, has written a letter to Mr. M A Baby, Education and Culture minister of Kerala. In this letter Hindu Janajagruti Samiti has demanded cancellation of Raja Ravi Varma Award to M F Husain. Read more »
Raigad district Temple Trustees to oppose ‘Temples Bill’
A meeting of temple trustees will be held at Sree Virupaksha temple at Panvel on Saturday, 12 th May 2007, to take decisions regarding staging of agitation more extensively against the proposed temple take-over Act. Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) has said that it is not an attack only on temple trustees but it is a calamity on Hindu Dharma. Read more »
Indian Christian leader attempts to kill a protestor
Dr. Jayachand Pallekonda, President of Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations in North America, tried to choke one of the protesters (name withheld on request) unprovoked. Read more »
Maneka defends Hussain, says BJP offending cultural world
n a stinging attack on the saffron opposition to painter M F Hussain’s works and to an arts exhibition in a Gujarat university, BJP MP Maneka Gandhi today said the party and VHP activists have gone “too far” in their protests. Read more »
M F Hussain selected for Raja Ravi Varma Award
Anti- Hindu artist M F Hussain has been selected for Kerala government’s prestigious Raja Ravi Varma Award for his outstanding contributions in the field of art. Read more »
Pune University should develop leaders like Shivaji-Sambhaji!
H. Bhide Guruji, the founder of Sree Shiva Pratishthan said that Today, leaderships having traditions like Shivaji Maharaj and Sambhaji Maharaj are required to be developed by Pune University. He was addressing a meeting held to demand change of name of Pune University to Veermata Jijau University. Read more »
Indian map denigrated in ‘The Navhind Times’
In its issue dated 8th May 2007 of ‘The Navhind Times’, Goa’s leading english daily the States of Jammu and Kashmir have been shown as a part of Pakistan in the Indian Map. Complaints have been lodged with the police in 3 different areas in the State against the newspaper. Read more »
