{"id":7105,"date":"2017-07-16T13:51:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T10:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=7105"},"modified":"2017-07-16T13:51:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T10:51:51","slug":"hindu-press-international-jul-16-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/sanatana-dharma\/hindu-press-international\/hindu-press-international-jul-16-2017","title":{"rendered":"Hindu Press International- Jul 16, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nearly 6000 Acres of Temple Land Retrieved in Last 6 Years<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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CHENNAI, INDIA, July 15, 2017 (Times of India): Thousands of acres of land belonging to temples across Tamil Nadu continues to be in the name of private persons. The state government has recovered 5559 acres of such lands owned by 789 temples in the last six years. This vast acreage is 1\/10th the size of Coimbatore city. It has been restored and registered in the name of temples now. The land is worth (US) tens of millions of dollars, officials said.<\/p>\n

Documents tabled in the assembly on Friday show that vast areas of temple land transferred to private persons as pattas [deeds, or record of land ownership] were wrongly transferred during the implementation of the Updating Registry Scheme (UDR). To rectify this and get the pattas back in the name of Hindu Religious Institutions, two District Revenue Officers (DROs) have been posted as special officers at Madurai and Coimbatore, the government said. This is an ongoing process and steps are being taken across the state to restore temple lands, a senior HR and CE official said.<\/p>\n

HPI note: In India, temples are legally in the name of the Deity, eg, ”Siva Nataraja.” In this scheme, a person with the name ”Siva Nataraja” would file to have the deed fraudulently issued to him under the UDR .<\/p>\n

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California Can’t Duck Hindu Students’ Claim of Educational Bias<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, July 14, 2017 (Courthouse News): A federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a lawsuit claiming California treats Hinduism unfavorably compared to other religions in its public education standards and framework. In refusing to dismiss one of four claims against the state, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer cited a student’s letter detailing how sixth graders were divided into castes and told the unfair system was derived from Hinduism. ”[W]e know that social hierarchies have existed in all societies, so why is Hinduism singled out with such [a] negative portrayal?” the student asked in her letter, submitted as a public comment when the state was drafting new standards last year.<\/p>\n

California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials, a group that promotes the accurate portrayal of Hinduism in schools, and three Hindu parents suing on behalf of their children filed their lawsuit in February. They claim the state Board of Education adopted recommendations from an anti-Hindu group of history teachers called the South Asia Faculty Group when it drafted new education standards and frameworks in July 2016. Breyer refused to dismiss a claim that the educational standards violate the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution, but he dismissed three other claims alleging violations of due process, free exercise of religion, and equal protection under the law.<\/p>\n

More at ”source” above on this historic case.<\/p>\n

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Daily Inspiration<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"It is Divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts. Your duty is to treat everybody, including yourself, as a manifestation of the Lord.
\n— Swami Sivananda (1887-1963),<\/b>\u00a0founder of Divine Life Society, Rishikesh<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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