Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Probe underway into Doncaster temple arson

A SIKH temple has been targeted in an arson attack.
 
Police have launched an investigation to find those responsible for the fire at the temple in Cherry Tree Road, Hexthorpe.

Fire crews were called to the incident at around 10am on December 30. Crews were at the scene for several hours.
 
With thanks : link above for more details.

Monday, January 3, 2011

India's dirty old writer releases "last" book













NEW DELHI -- 
This book, he insists, will be his last.

It's a novel about two old men, written by a 96-year-old who says he can't have much time left.

So after this one, the man who has been a force in India's literary world for more than 60 years, a famously grumpy writer known for everything from beautifully wrought novels to fart jokes, vows to go silent.

Khushwant Singh says it's time to try something different.

"I have to teach myself to do nothing. In the last phase of a man's life, according to the Hindu tradition, you're meant to be a forest dweller."

With thanks : HERALDONLINE : link above for detailed news report.

Sikligar Sikhs achieve hole-in-one















This revolutionary win in golf has endorsed that there are 155 million Sikhs in the world. Four young men from the forgotten Sikh tribe Sikligar’s who live in the south of India have hit the headlines.

Nadeem Inamdar describes them as a ‘Members of the backward Sikligar community, these four youngsters have chosen golf to rise above their lot, first as caddies and now as amateur golfers’.

With thanks : EMGONLINE : link above for detailed news report.
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Curfew in Bhikhi after violent clash
























 














with thanks : Tribune : Link above for the detailed news report.

DSP among injured after Sikh-dera clash, Punjab town under curfew

Bathinda :
Indefinite curfew was imposed in Bhikhi town of Mansa district on Sunday evening to avert a clash between Sikh activists and dera followers, following violence that left a DSP among others injured. Police used lathicharge, water cannons and teargas shells to control the crowd. 

The situation in the area has been tense, with Dera followers accusing Sant Samaj leader Sant Baljit Singh Daduwal, who has been conducting a “Diwan (Sikh religious discourse)” in Bhikhi since December 31, of making “insulting remarks” against their dera head. Dera followers are holding their own religious discourse, the “Naam Charcha”, in Bhikhi. 

With thanks : Indian Express : link abive for detailed news.

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Sikh Shrine one of world 1,000 sacred places

















Christoph Engels has written a book spanning through time, he has included Harmandar Sahib (Golden Temple) as one of the most spiritual places in the world.

Harmandar Sahib is the Sikhs Holiest Shrine and visited by millions of people from different faiths to loose themselves in the enclosure, of the complex. Also housed in the complex is the Akal Takhat the Sikh’s political Throne.

Spanning prehistoric times to the present, 1000 Sacred Places is a richly illustrated guide to the world's most extraordinary spiritual sites. Holy places and spiritual sites are found throughout the world, and all of them have in common a mysterious drawing power that has held humankind in its spell since the beginnings of time.
This book contains detailed information about the world's religions and their venerated people and sites. Overview maps and symbols of the religions, alongside each site being listed with GPS coordinates, make orientation easy.

Included are the holy sites of the great religions, along with countless spiritual places of indigenous peoples and vanished cultures.

Amongst the one thousand special places featured, you will find some of the great Christian cathedrals in Europe; pilgrim paths and places of pilgrimage; Hindu, Buddhist and Shinto temples in Asia; the most important mosques of the Islam; natural sanctuaries in Africa, America and Australia; prehistoric cult sites and modern sanctuaries.

This beautiful book is a spiritual journey through history and the cultures of the world.

Priced at only £13.99

with thanks : emgonline : link above in headline.
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