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) has declared that funerals of women married outside the community will not be allowed at the towers if they have...

Author: Sarban Singh

Source: The Star

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: 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...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AFP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j3oIxo3vla6pW9LIBQXY8Gr_W_dQ

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

https://www.sandiegouniontribune....

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...

Author: Phil Sarata

Source: The Times and Democrat

http://www.timesanddemocrat.com/articles/2010/03/19/features/14392975.txt

Hindus in the Orangeburg area on Friday begin a significant chapter as they celebrate the opening of the new Hindu Temple and Cultural Center.

Different spiritual and social events to mark the occasion will take place Friday-Sunday March 19-21 at the new facility, located at 1035 Five Chop...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Indian Express

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Holi, the festival of colours, has found mention in the US Congress with an American lawmaker from New York terming it as a "visually stunning" event. 

Holi is a time when communities come together after a long winter to welcome the spring harvest, Congressman Steve Israel said in the House of Representatives.

"It is a visually stunning event with...