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Greek President greets Kalam in Sanskrit

It was a pleasant surprise for President A P J Abdul Kalam when his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias greeted him in Sanskrit at the banquet…

First ‘Vishva Go-Sammelan’ in Karnataka

The Chief of the Shriramchandrapur hermitage, Shrimadjagadguru Shankaracharya Sree Sree Raghaveshvarbharati Mahaswami was the one who conceptualised the idea of organising the ‘Vishva Go-Sammelan'(Universal Congregation…

Krishna Theme Park, Disneyland-style

ISKCON plans to set up a Krishna Theme Park on the outskirts of Bangalore, designed by the people who built Disneyland. The Karnataka government has…

Tobago to get its first Hindu Mandir

The first ever Hindu Mandir or Temple is to be established in Tobago with funding from the National Commission for Self Help Limited (NCSH). The…

UK Hindus fight for cremation right!

Davender Kumar Ghai, 68, from Gosforth, Newcastle, had organised an open air pyre for Rajpal Mehat in a Northumberland field in July 2006. For this…

HAF wins CA textbook case

A Hindu foundation in the US has won a major victory with the California State Board of Education accepting its suggestions to make textbook adoption…