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Hindu leader Zed to inaugurate and bless a Christian church with Sanskrit shlokas

Submitted by rkm on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 08:33.

US Desk
In a remarkable interfaith gesture, acclaimed Hindu leader Rajan Zed
has been invited to inaugurate and bless the Unity Center in Nevada's
capital Carson City, which houses a Christian church named Unity Church
of Today (UTD), with Sanskrit shlokas from ancient Hindu scriptures,
next month.

Zed, who is president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, plans to
pray on the occasion from Rig-Veda, oldest existing scripture dated
around 1,500 BCE, besides Upanishads and Bhagavad-Gita, both ancient
Hindu scriptures.

"Has Allah told them to fight all the time?"------Shankracharya ji.

Submitted by rkm on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 13:56.


The Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Sri Jayendra Saraswati's
negotiations with the All India Muslim Personal Law Board over the Ram
Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya, have run into rough water. In
an exclusive interview with Managing Editor Saisuresh Sivaswamy
at his Mutt in Kanchipuram, in Tamil Nadu, on Tuesday, the seer
explains what went wrong, and how the talks could get back on track.

What is the extent of your, your Mutt's involvement in Ayodhya? Is it only the temple?

Kashmiri Pandits detained for ransacking Soz residence

Submitted by rkm on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 09:49.

New Delhi (PTI): Around 50 Kashmiri Pandits today allegedly ransacked the official residence of Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz here in protest against the Jammu and Kashmir government's decision to revoke the transfer of land alloted to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board.

The protesters, under the aegis of 'Roots in Kashmir', entered the 12-Akbar Road residence of Soz around 4 pm and allegedly broke flower pots and window panes amid shouting slogans against the Azad government in Jammu and Kashmir. The protesters also clashed with police, who rushed to the spot and detained them.

Extradition of London-based Hindraf leader demanded

Submitted by rkm on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 22:05.
An opposition front asks the government to come clear on the nature of charges against Hindraf leaders
Kuala
Lumpur: An opposition lawmaker in Malaysia has asked for the
extradition of a London-based ethnic Indian leader if his activities
were found inimical to national security.
 
The government should make its stand clear on the nature of
activity of Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) chairman P.
Waythamoorthy "whether he should walk free, or be arrested", Tian Chua,
an ethnic Chinese lawmaker, said on Wednesday in Malaysian parliament
lobby. He belongs to the Parti Keadalan Rakyat (PKR) of former deputy
prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.
 
The opposition front, the Pakatan Rakyat, of which the PKR is a

US gives $1m to repair home of the Hindu gods i.e. temples

Submitted by rkm on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 22:21.

The US Department of State has awarded around $1m to the World
Monuments Fund (WMF) for conservation work on Phnom Bakheng, the oldest
temple at the Angkor Wat complex in northwest Cambodia. Situated at the
highest point in the city, it was built by Yasovarman I in 907 and was
designed to represent Mount Mehru, home of the Hindu gods.Damaged in the 1970s by Khmer Rouge soldiers, the temple now faces two
main threats: tourists and erosion by monsoon rains. In 2004 the State
Department provided $550,000 to assess conservation needs and plan
tourism management. The new grant will be used to restore the heavily
damaged east elevation, after which a second phase will waterproof,
repair and partially reconstruct the temple. The chargé
d’affaires at the US Embassy in Phnom Penh, Piper Campbell, describes
the grant as “a significant diplomatic gesture”. The funding for Angkor
is important because the US is among the countries known to have

Kashmiri Pandits: On the road to extinction

Submitted by rkm on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 00:05.
Kashmiri Pandits, the Hindus of Kashmir valley, have been Kashmir’s original inhabitants. Their roots in the valley can be traced back to 5,000 years. Their history dates back to the time when one of their earliest kings, Gonanda I, fought and died in the Mahabharata battle.
The Kashmiri kingdom comprised the present valley, Gilgit, Baltistan, parts of Punjab and even extended, at one time, to Western Tibet and Afghanistan. It witnessed a religious transformation from Buddhism in the 4th and the 3rd centuries BC to Brahmanism — Shaivites and Shakti worshippers — till the 11th century AD when conversion of Hindus to Islam started with the annexation of Punjab by Mahmud Ghazni in 1021 AD.

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