{"id":12606,"date":"2018-06-11T14:40:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T11:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=12606"},"modified":"2018-06-11T14:40:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T11:40:26","slug":"hindu-press-international-jun-11-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/sanatana-dharma\/hindu-press-international\/hindu-press-international-jun-11-2018","title":{"rendered":"Hindu Press International- Jun 11, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Malaysia Hindu Sangam: ”No” to Hindu Endowment Board!<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA, May 28, 2018 (Malaysia Hindu Sangam): Hindu organizations and Hindu temples are dissatisfied with the proposal of the present Pakatan Harapan government to establish the Hindu Endowment Board. The view that Hindu temples and Hindu temple managements could be controlled through the Hindu Endowment Board (HEB) is not the solution to the issue faced by the temples. Earlier, on 19 May 2018, Malaysia Hindu Sangam (MHS) had called for a meeting with the Hindu Advisory Board, prominent Hindu organizations and Hindu temples for a discussion on the proposed HEB. During the meeting, it was unanimously decided that MHS will spearhead the protest against the formation of HEB in any other states. Following this, a memorandum was submitted to the Prime Minister’s Department and YB Kulasegaran, Minister of Human Resources.<\/p>\n

In Malaysia, though Islam is a major religion, other religions are allowed to practice their religion. According to the Department of Statistics Malaysia, among other religions, Buddhists make up 19.8%, Christians 9.2%, and Hindus 6.3%. When there is no government intervention in any other religion or places of worship, why the Hindu religion, which is the smallest group alone should be subjected to control? The proposed model of Penang Hindu Endowment Board (PHEB) has many flaws. The PHEB is under the full control of the State Government. The appointment of the management committees of the temples under the PHEB are not elected by the Hindu community but appointed by the state government. The Hindus or the members of the temples have no say in the management.<\/p>\n

Since 1964, MHS as the mother body for the Hindu temples and organizations had fought to protect the religion and the rights of the Hindus.<\/p>\n

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Fight for Control over Ahobilam Temple Continues<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"KURNOOL, INDIA, June 9, 2018 (Deccan Chronicle): The fight for control over Ahobilam temple in Kurnool district continues as tourism minister Bhuma Akhila Priya is determined to leave her stamp on this ancient shrine. The Union government has sanctioned US$2.5 million to renovate the dilapidated structures and improve amenities for pilgrims. But politicians allegedly are trying to grab the contracts for the work. The Ahobilam temple is under the trusteeship of the 625-year-old Ahobilam Mutt. It has never seen such intense activity to dislodge the hereditary archakas and make it into a tourist attraction. The tourism minister, on a recent visit to the temple, said she would build a shopping complex and develop road infrastructure.<\/p>\n

”If resorts are allowed to come up near Sri Ahobilam, it may spoil the sanctity of the sacred region as any entity with commercial interests will try to promote itself at the cost of others,” said a temple employee. Rangarajan, a descendant of the archakas who also run the Chilkur Balaji temple, says the government is trying to vitiate the religious atmosphere of the temple. Mr. Rangarajan says he is hopeful that a petition pending before the Supreme Court, filed by Swami Dayananda Saraswathi, will come up for hearing in July and bring clarity on the issue of maintaining the pristine purity of temples.<\/p>\n

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SC Makes Jagannath Puri Visit Hassle-Free<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 9, 2018 (Daily Pioneer): Paying a visit to the Lord Jagannath Temple at Puri may now become easier for devotees who have to face extreme hardship in offering prayers there. The Supreme Court on Friday directed both the Odisha Government and the Centre to set up separate committees to study the best management practices followed by shrines of national importance across the country and recommend changes to be carried out in administration of the temple by June 30. The direction came on a PIL that highlighted poor hygiene, harassment faced by devotees, malpractices by sebayats (sevaks) who perform rituals, and misappropriation of offerings made to the temple offertory.<\/p>\n

A Vacation Bench of Justices Adarsh K Goel and Ashok Bhushan ordered a probe by the District Judge, Puri, into these allegations and sought an interim report from him by July 5. For suggesting measures to reform the existing practices followed in the temple, the Bench directed both the Odisha Government and the Centre to set up separate committees to study the best management practices followed by shrines such as Vaishno Devi in Jammu & Kashmir, Somnath temple in Gujarat, Golden Temple in Punjab, Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh and Dharamsthala temple in Karnataka. The temple being one of the four great Char Dham pilgrimage sites (four divine sites) comprising of Rameswaram, Badrinath, Puri and Dwarka, considered sacred to Hindus, the Bench said, ”These centres are of undoubted religious, social, historical, and architectural importance, representing cultural heritage of the country.”<\/p>\n

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Daily Inspiration<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"Like treasure hidden in the ground, like flavor in the fruit, like gold in the rock, and oil in the seed, the Absolute is hidden in the heart.
\n— Akka Mahadevi,<\/b>\u00a0twelfth-century Vira Saiva saint<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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