Temple entry and celebrations of Hindu Festivels abroad.
Dear all,

On 9th of this month, I have forwarded a mail to you all on the subject "Temple Entry by Non-Hindus", a subject under created controversy by malloos managing and administering Sri Krishna Temple at Guruvayoor.

Kindly re-collect and then proceed reading the three articles send herewith (courtesy HPI). What an amazing and alarming difference in thinking by both Hindus and Non-Hindus living outside our country.

I prefer,better Malloos read these articles and learn useful lessons in the interest and for the benefit of our Indian community and society. Shred your weight from the head and ego from the mind and be practical and righteous in thinking and doing, my dear Temple administrators in the God's own country(where you guys even don't care to give place to GOD but claiming to be God's own country.)

Wake up from your sleep and be active,actual and be yourself to be of use to society/community to build up amity and unity rather than creating fuss and fur.

See how magnanimous and great the Royal families of UK, the Head of the state of UK and people of USA encouraging Hinduism,Hindu rituals , rights , festivels and respect for Hindu Temples etc.Indeed great people with great hearts unlike Malloo Temple administrators and priests with shrunken heart with egoistic minded people(Truth is always bitter- more so when expressed fearlessly).

Take this in right spirit, my dear friends without any prejudice or spite and mend your ways of doing and thinking.

J.K



1.Hindu Temple in California, consecrated and opened- An amazing event.

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today, attended these opening events.) In a ceremony steeped in symbolic ritual and centuries-old tradition, the first Hindu temple in the city's history opened Friday. Paramahamsa Nithyananda, a noted Hindu swami, led the ceremony at the 24,000-square-foot Nithyananda Vedic Temple and Vedic Sciences University at 9720 N. Central Ave. The site originally was a six-theater United Artists cinema before housing the Rock of Life Community Church, which sold the building last month to Duarte-based Life Bliss Foundation, a Hindu organization running the new temple.

With a hand bell, a flaming lamp and a vase filled with sacred water, Nithyananda consecrated a number of Deity statues made of marble and black granite that adorned a large, colourful meditation hall. One large statue, of the Hindu Deity Venkateshwara, stood 12 feet tall, while several others, including the multi-armed, dancing Hindu statue of Nataraja, towered over about 500 people who came to celebrate and worship at the grand opening. The Deity statues include 24 Tirthankaras, or enlightened masters of Jainism, and one of Buddha.

The music of Indian flutes and drums filled the hall as a smiling Nithyananda motioned the lamp around each statue and then toward devotees who raised their hands. "Everything in the universe is made up of the five elements of fire, water, air, ether and earth," said Ma Ananda Vibhooti, a Nithyananda devotee. "When we are worshipping, we are worshipping through these five elements. "

Umesh Hari of Houston travelled to the temple opening with his wife and two children. "We're very blissful because the cosmic energy here is omnipresent," Hari said. The temple will provide free vegetarian food to the public every day, free medical advice once a month, and courses such as yoga, meditation and traditional Indian architecture. Nithyananda's goal is to spread Indian religious culture - the Vedic tradition - throughout the world. Nithyananda has missions in 34 countries and counts 1.2 million initiated disciples worldwide, devotee Sevakananda Nithya said. The Montclair temple is Nithyananda's flagship mission in California.




2.Diwali Greetings by British PM Gordon Brown-Great words from a Great personality.


British Prime Minister Gordon Brown described Diwali as "a wonderful inclusive festival" as thousands of enthusiastic Hindus and Sikhs in Britain celebrated the Indian festival of light last night. In a message telecast on different channels on Friday night, Brown said "I am delighted to send my warmest greetings to everyone in our Hindu and Sikh communities on the auspicious occasion of Diwali." He said "Diwali is such a wonderful inclusive festival, which reaches beyond your communities to people of many backgrounds all over the world. The symbolic lighting of lamps, representing life, hope and new beginnings sends a powerful message of unity and peace to us all. "I know that Diwali is a special time for families, who come together to celebrate and reflect on the year gone by. " "And it also gives me an opportunity to recognize and reflect on the huge contribution made by British Hindu and Sikh communities to our country's prosperity and our culture. Your involvement in every sphere of our national life is something we can all immensely be proud of," he added. "Once again, my very best wishes for a joyous occasion. Happy Diwali."




3.Royal visit to Hindu temple by Royal family-Great and an amazing event.

Their Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visited the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Neasden, London, on the afternoon of November 9, 2007, to participate in the celebrations of Diwali. After being welcomed in a traditional Indian manner, the Royal couple proceeded to the sanctum sanctorum where they offered flower petals at the central shrine and later also performed abhishek of the metallic murthi of Shri Nilkanth Varni (Bhagwan Swaminarayan). Upon entering the assembly hall, the Prince and the Duchess each lighted an oil lamp to commemorate their presence on this auspicious day, and then participated in a symbolic Lakshmi Puja while BAPS children chanted Vedic prayers.

In his address to the assembly, His Royal Highness began by speaking of his "great privilege" of visiting the temple on this "tremendously auspicious occasion of Diwali... the most wonderful festival of light." He specifically thanked BAPS volunteers for their "overwhelming warmth" on each of his previous visits to the Mandir - now totalling three - and felt especially touched for being allowed to participate in the sacred rituals, even joking about bringing his own account books to the temple so that they, too, could be "specially blessed."

The Prince then went on to recollect fond memories of when he received His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj at St James' Palace back in 1997, exactly ten years to the day. He recalled being "touched by [His Holiness'] humility and tremendous compassion for all living beings." Throughout his address, The Prince repeatedly commended the "peace-loving and values-based Hindu community" in the UK, adding: "It is a remarkable and precious fact that Hinduism as a faith still touches upon every aspect of day-to-day lives - professions, culture and, most crucially, value systems.... All I can say is, long may it last in this era of frenetic change and short-term thinking.

"This quiet and industrious approach to life is reflected in your remarkable achievements in education, in business, the professions, and so many other fields. Some of you may feel that your huge contribution to the fabric of Britain is not fully recognised, but it is my belief that today, more than ever, your community is one of the most positive forces which helps to bind the country together, and I can only thank you most sincerely for this. It really is a remarkable contribution."

His Royal Highness ended by wishing everyone a "Shubh Deepawali... and every possible success" in the year to come.