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Yatra to protest the selling of temple lands in AP

Submitted by rkm on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 23:06.

Press Release

Recently the government of Andhra
Pradesh has sold 5 acres of land in Nellore in spite of our protests
and demand to stop the auction. There is no law and order, no morals,
no principles, overly zealous to destroy Hindu culture by selling the
lands and diverting the Temples. Deception is rampant. Trickery is
widespread.  Honesty is gone. We have to make people aware of all these
practices so that they will be equipped with the government's
anti-Hindu stance. Hopefully they will exercise their voting rights so
that they will elect people who treat all religions equally without
giving preference to one religion over others. Equal treatment should
be law of the land.

Hindu plan for £2m temple

Submitted by rkm on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 15:06.

Oxford could soon have a Hindu temple to add to its churches, mosques and synagogue.

Leaders of Oxfordshire's 500-strong Hindu community have launched a
campaign to construct a £2m purpose-built temple in the city as they
currently have no base for communal prayer.

Organisers would like to build a 12,000 square foot temple - about
three quarters of the size of Oxford Ice Rink - with Headington being
earmarked as a potential location.

The county's Hindu community currently has to hire locations such
as Sandhills Primary School for the festival of Dashera and Wheatley
Primary School for its Divali celebrations, and would ideally like to
find a site with space for 150 cars.

Government to renovate 20,000 Temples in K'taka

Submitted by rkm on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 22:56.

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=85090

BANGALORE,
July 16, 2008: The Government has decided to renovate 20,000 temples,
which are in dilapidated condition. The Muzrai Department would
renovate temples with the financial support of Non-Resident Indians and
philanthropists, Minister for Muzrai and Housing S.N. Krishnaiah Setty
told presspersons on Wednesday.

There were no archaks in a
majority of the temples and daily poojas were being conducted in about
20,000 temples belonged to the Muzrai Department in the State. A few
temples have been generating an annual income of Rs. 100 crore, the
minister said.

Somnath Temple all set to shine as a golden temple

Submitted by rkm on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 14:02.
Somnath (Gujarat): The historic temple of Somnath in Gujarat is all set to regain its old glory as a 'golden temple' by 2010.
 
The
famous temple' Trust is carving and gold-plating the Sabha Mantap, the
place where devotees gather and will also embed porous Bella stones on
the outer structure that will be coated with fungus resistant paint.
 
 

India's Temples Go Green

Submitted by rkm on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 10:11.





The Tirumala temple, in the south Indian city of Tirupathi, is one of
Hinduism's holiest shrines. Over 5,000 pilgrims a day visit this city
of seven hills, filling Tirumala's coffers with donations and making it
India's richest temple. But since 2002, Tirumala has also been
generating revenue from a less likely source: carbon credits. For
decades, the temple's community kitchen has fed nearly 15,000 people,
cooking 30,000 meals a day. Five years ago, Tirumala adopted solar
cooking technology, allowing it to dramatically cut down on the amount
of diesel fuel it uses. The temple now sells the emission reduction
credits it earns to a Swiss green-technology investor, Good Energies
Inc.

Thwart the Marxist attempt to capture Kottiyoor Mahadeva Temples

Submitted by rkm on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 17:20.

Kannur:
Now the Marxist Government raises it’s sword against Kottiyoor Akkarae
and Ikkarae Iva Temples - Popularly klnown as Kasi of south 


 

The move to capture left over Temple properties is initiated this time by Forest Ministry. Earlier in 1971 27,000 Acre Temple land was captured under Forest laws.

A 'social revolution' sweeps across Tirupati temple

Submitted by rkm on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 14:09.

As it marks its
platinum jubilee, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) is
intensifying its "socio-spiritual" campaign that aims at reaching out
to Dalits, backward communities and tribals, bringing the message of
Vedic religion to them.

The
TTD, the managing body of the Lord Venkateswara hill shrine, says the
programme, which has three wings --'Dalita Govindam', 'Matsya Govindam'
and 'Girijan Govindam' -- is part of a "social revolution" that will help eradicate social evils and strengthen the Hindu religious structure.

Three Months left, Government sleeping over Sabarimala pilgrimage

Submitted by rkm on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 22:38.



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