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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, April 28, 2007: A year ago, two young men took baseball bats to Deities at a Hindu temple in Maple Grove. And the Hindus keep seeking goodness in the ugliness. Again last week, leaders of the temple praised a Hennepin County Court judge who showed impatience, but mercy, for one of the individuals responsible for the mindless act. On Wednesday, Paul Spakousky, who was involved in the desecration of sacred statues, again was standing before Judge Kevin Burke, because he had violated terms of his probation. He had been caught drinking alcohol as a minor, then lied about going to treatment. Burke told Spakousky that he was thinking about simply sending him to jail for 30 days. But in the end, Burke informed Spakousky that he would be sentenced to 30 days' work release, meaning he'll spend his nights in jail but be allowed to continue working by day, with his earnings turned over to the temple.

KARACHI, PAKISTAN, April 29, 2007: Seven-year-old Angela finds it difficult to study Islamiyat at school. "I don't know if I have to study it or not, but it's really difficult to pronounce the Arabic properly," she said. Angela, one of many children belonging to the Hindu Maheshwari, is a class three student at N. A. Bechar Government Primary School that has been converted into the Syed Mahmood Shah Ghazi Government Primary School in Old Kumbhar Para near Lee Market in Lyari Town.

“How can you call yourself a Hindu?…YOU EAT MEAT!!!” I heard two Hindu boys yelling at a girl in a recent event at City University Hindu Society. The discussion was supposed to be on the subject of “Karma and Reincarnation”, and hence quite unrelated to an individual’s dietary habits. But somehow the discussion had sidetracked [...]

On March 9th Elizabeth Hurley (British model) and Arun Nayar (Businessman) wed in the desert city of Jodhpur, Rajastan. They may now risk prosecution there with a judge set to decide whether they should be prosecuted after hearing testimony presented by some enraged Hindus.
Hurley and Nayar had allegedly drunk alcohol prior to the Hindu wedding [...]

NEW ZEALAND, April 20, 2007: Mosques and Indian temples are expected to become more familiar sights as the increasing numbers of Muslim and Hindu immigrants seek to express their cultural roots. While the number of people who stated they were Hindus, Muslims or Sikhs in the latest Census remained small compared with the country's main Christian denominations, they have increased dramatically in percentage terms. The number stating affiliation to Hinduism leaped 61.8 percent in the five years since the preceding Census, Islam 52.6 percent and Sikhism 83 percent.

PAKISTAN, April 18, 2007: In April each year, thousands of Hindus flock to the cave temple of Hinglaj Mata, situated in a remote, desolate and hilly area of Pakistan's Balochistan province, 155 miles north-west of Karachi. Pilgrims come from all over Pakistan, carrying red banners and wearing decorative red and gold head-scarves or saffron headbands that signify the holy colors of Hinglaj Mata. For a colorful slideshow click on url above.

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 10, 2007: The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) is currently accepting applications for participation in its third annual summer internship program. Motivated interns will work with members of the Hindu American Foundation Executive Council to complete self-contained projects over the course of the summer. Internships are designed for 20 hours of work per week and will last for 8-12 weeks during the summer of 2007. Possible summer projects include web marketing, website development, public relations, interfaith dialogue, drafting of press releases and position papers, preparation of Hindu educational material, graphic design and various research projects.

ONTARIO, CANADA, April 12, 2007: The Niagara River, which leads to Niagara Falls, could become Canada's stand-in for the sacred Ganga in India. As the tradition of sending ashes back to India's holy rivers becomes less popular with second- and third-generation Canadian Hindus, Ontario's Hindu community wants a waterway designated for traditional burial rituals. The chosen river or lake would also be used to dispose of flowers and leaves offered to the Deities by the faithful. "Currently, people are depositing the ashes in bodies of water, in Lake Ontario and other places, but they are doing it in a very unceremonious manner -- with fears in their minds that they may be doing something wrong," said Roopnauth Sharma, the president of the United Hindu Federation and the spiritual leader of the Shri Ram temple in Mississauga. There is no law in Canada preventing one from depositing ashes in a lake or river.

Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world. Mahabharata was written more than 5000 years back. The Hindus call God as Brahman. Brahman is our soul. Brahman makes the whole world. There is no...

TRINIDAD, April 3, 2007: Chanting of the Hanuman Chalisa, blowing of conch shells, repetition of special mantras, singing of bhajans and the spiritual invocation of Lord Hanuman heralded the celebration of Lord Hanuman Jayanti (birthday) on Monday at mandirs and special places of worship across Trinidad. Hindus here joined their counterparts throughout the diaspora in the observance of this day. Lord Hanuman, the Monkey God, is fully described in the Hindu text, the Ramayana, and in the Hanuman Chalisa. At the Caparo Shiva Kailash Mandir, Pundit Seereeram Maharaj, spiritual leader, enumerated Lord Hanuman's personification of brahmacharya or celibacy. "Lord Hanuman personifies courage, self-control, power, intelligence, selfless service and humility which all mankind can access to create a new spiritual order for us and for succeeding generations," he told over 200 devotees.

NAIROBI, KENYA, April 5, 2007: Shri Praful G. Shah has been re-elected as the Chairman of the Hindu Council of Kenya - Coast Branch at the Annual General Meeting held at the Shree Visa Oshwal Community Hall. Chairmen, Hon. Secretaries and Trustees of the 24 affiliated institutions of the Council were invited to attend together with nominated Representatives. Election of Chairman and other Office Bearers took place and Shri Praful G Shah will take over as head of the Coast Region's affiliated Hindu institutions comprising of over 6,500 Hindu members.

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, March 23, 2007: Jacksonville Hindus are delighted that a Hindu temple has been opened in their community. Now the 4,000 Hindus living in Jacksonville have a place to pray and worship. The news release explained, "On Friday, Hindu priests and others were busy readying the temple, which is located on Greenland Road in Mandarin. A ceremony was held outside on Friday as five priests from across Florida came to sanctify Jacksonville's first Hindu temple. With fire and water, Priest Kadambi Shrinatte Ji led the ceremony. Others gathered to pray."

Shrinatte Ji added, "They're praying for this divine event. All these prayers are going for this installation ceremony. So, these are all adding to the energy. We worship the different forms in our temples, different forms of the One Almighty. One almighty Supreme Being is being worshiped in the different forms in the Hindu religion."

WASHINGTON, D.C.,March 29, 2007: The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) welcomed the introduction of House Resolution 245, recognizing the festival of Diwali, or Deepavali as it is known in Sanskrit. The resolution recognizing the significance of the festival in the religious and cultural life of over two million Hindus, Sikhs and Jains in the United States was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), co-chairs of the Congressional India Caucus. A similar resolution introduced in the 109th Congress in 2006 by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), also at the Foundation's urging, garnered over thirty-five cosponsors.

A survey carried out several months ago found that Hindus are more likely than any other ethnic or religious group to “want to fight for [...]

In the last month, a long-standing and emotional issue for British Hindus and Sikhs entered the national press, namely the pressure that many [...]

A survey carried out several months ago found that Hindus are more likely than any other ethnic or religious group to “want to fight for [...]

In the last month, a long-standing and emotional issue for British Hindus and Sikhs entered the national press, namely the pressure that many [...]

Recently there have been several articles in the national press about the pressure that many Hindus and Sikhs growing up in Britain, especially young women, are put under to convert to Islam by a certain radicalised section of Muslim youth. There have been mixed responses and a variety of opinions [...]

Recently there have been several articles in the national press about the pressure that many Hindus and Sikhs growing up in Britain, especially young women, are put under to convert to Islam by a certain radicalised section of Muslim youth. There have been mixed responses and a variety of opinions [...]

There are many pilgrimage sites, which most Hindus will attempt to visit at some time or other during their lives. The most famous example [...]