Religion News – Newsletter for February 11, 2011

Controversial ‘Kumbh’ focusing on conversion begins in Madhya Pradesh

BHOPAL – A different kind of Mahakumbh began in Mandla in Madhya Pradesh Thursday. Unlike the rituals of bathing, devotional singing, and mass feeding of holy men and the poor held on the banks of the river at Mahakumbhs, this kumbh, initiated by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, is focussing on conversion.

This kumbh is more …. Source article  : Controversial ‘Kumbh’ focusing on conversion begins in Madhya Pradesh.

Pashupatinath wins first battle against new Nepal government

KATHMANDU – As Nepal’s new Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal Thursday succeeded in swearing in a mini cabinet amidst his allies, the Maoists, refusing to join his government, the new dispensation received its first setback with the apex court criticising the state move to take control of the treasury of Pashupatinath, the republic’s oldest Hindu …. Original source  : Pashupatinath wins first battle against new Nepal government.