FW: Forward re new Hindu Temple in Birmingham, but not in Alabam.......

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Caerann Kroes

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Forward re new Hindu Temple in Birmingham, but

not in Alabam.......

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:00:59 -0700 (PDT)

 

Namaste Lovey:

Passing your way, info not passe'. Sending from yoohoo,

cause not-so-hotmail don't like to let me cut und paste stuff.

 

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE YOOOOOOOOOOU!

Ann Your Pixie

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July 8, 2006

 

Europe's Largest Hindu Temple to Open in August

Kerala's Women Only Temple

Trinidad To Get Its First Hindu Radio Station

India Supreme Court Order State Governments to Protect Those

in Inter-Caste Marriages

 

1. Europe's Largest Hindu Temple to Open in August

jammi.rao (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, July 8, 2006: (HPI note: For further

information on the following press release, contact Dr. Jammi Rao,

the temple's Press Officer, at the e-mail above.)

 

Europe's largest Hindu temple, near Birmingham, is set to open in

August with great fanfare and elaborate rituals performed by priests

especially brought from India. The US$12 million temple, funded in

part by a grant from the Millennium Fund, stands on 12.5 acres of

former waste land. In 1992, the then Black Country Development

Corporation made the site available for this unique project. Over

10,000 people are expected to attend the five-day event which

will begin on August 23, 2006, and will culminate with the sanctification

of the majestic temple built in the same style as the famous Tirupati

temple in India. The Tirupati temple is one of the most revered temples

in India. "This is the fulfillment of a long cherished dream, the end of a

long road; and the beginning of a new era; not just for those most

closely involved with the temple project but for every Hindu in the

world," said Dr. V. P. Narayan Rao, the chairman of trustees.

 

The temple construction involved scores of sculptors and artisans from

India working ceaselessly to make the intricate carvings of ancient Hindu

Gods and Goddesses on the walls, pillars and ceilings of the temple. The

design and construction of the temple involved a blend of ancient tradition

and materials such as imported granite and modern methods. The temple

complex also includes a multi-purpose community hall that is available to

the community.

 

The opening of the temple in Tividale, near Birmingham, will be a most

remarkable religious event for 600,000 British people who belong to the

Hindu faith. It will involve the installation of the six-foot-tall Deity of

Lord Venkateshwara (Lord Rama); a dozen Hindu priests will perform

ancient Vedic rituals to purify and sanctify the land and the buildings.

 

May my mind every morning become beautiful as hope-dawn-rays

~ Sri Chinmoy ~