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NEW YORK, NEW YORK, June 3, 2013 (Wall Street Journal): Vegetarians live longer than meat-eaters, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, a Journal of the American Medical Association. The authors tracked 73,308 members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for almost six years. The church is known for promoting a vegetarian diet, …

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WASHINGTON, D.C., June 10, 2013 (PTI): Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, has gifted an imposing 16-foot-high statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of education and wisdom, to Washington DC. The Goddess’ statue, on top of a lotus, stands in front of the Indonesian Embassy just a block away from …

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United States, June 5, 2013 ( Corrie Mitchell,Washington Post) With the release of their ninth annual report, members of the Hindu American Foundation are pushing policymakers to take action against international human rights violations directed at Hindus.The four countries the report categorized as egregious violator are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Pakistan — are all Muslim-majority …

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New Delhi, Mon, 03 Jun 2013NI Wire
Bihar’s pride and Buddhism’s holiest shrine, 1500 year old Mahabodhi temple and famous Hindu temple of Vishnupad in Gaya would soon get CCTVs in their premises, Bihar’s Urban Development Minister Prem Kumar said on Monday.
The move has been taken following a threat of a terrorist attack at these places. …

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BALI, INDONESIA, June 3, 2013 (Jakarta Post): As many as 500 Hindu leaders from across the world will be attending the second World Hindu Summit scheduled to take place in Bali from June 13-17. The annual conference is expected to be a milestone as it will produce the World Hindu Parisad and World Hindu Center.
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FIJI, June 1, 2013 (Fiji Times): Hundreds of people around the country are taking the time to learn the Sanskrit language in seven days. The free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, describes Sanskrit as a historical Indo-Aryan language, the primary liturgical language of Hinduism and a literary and scholarly language in Buddhism and Jainism.
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MANGALORE, INDIA, May 29, 2013 (Times of India): The Kukke Sri Subramanya temple, has again emerged as the richest muzrai (government-run) temple in Karnataka. Figures released by the office of commissioner for religious endowments show the temple had a revenue of US$11.8 million during the last fiscal.
Coming in a distant second in terms of revenue …

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NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 30, 2013 (New Indian Express): The newly-constructed Lord Sri Venkateswara temple was opened in the national capital city of New Delhi on Wednesday. Constructed in a 1.17 acre area in Udyan Marg, at a cost of approximately US$2 million. The temple was opened amidst chanting of vedic hymns by temple priests …

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ELDORET, KENYA, May 26, 2013 (Standard Media): The Hindu community living in Eldoret marked the 150th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
Speaking during the ceremony, Eldoret Hindu Temple’s chairman Deepa Bhatt said as members of a minority group, they will continue supporting economic programs. He said the Hindu community will make contributions in business projects geared towards …

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VARANASI, INDIA, May 26, 2013 (Business Standard): Prominent Hindu seers and Sanskrit scholars from across the country will meet in Varanasi tomorrow to explore ways and means to improve the livelihood of widows here.
A large number of widows, including elderly women from different parts of the country, staying in Varanasi, are waiting to join these …