Religion News – Newsletter for February 17, 2011

Karmapa asked to apprise monastery officials of Indian laws

DHARAMSALA – Top officials of the 17th Karmapa say the central government, while signalling a clean chit to the Tibetan leader in the controversy over unaccounted foreign currency, wants him to register his trust and also apprise monastery functionaries on Indian laws.

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Cabbage field at Bangladesh’s Buddhist temple site

DHAKA – A cabbage field has replaced a Buddhist temple at an archaeological site built around 1,500 years ago during the rule of the Pala dynasty in northwestern Bangladesh, a media report said Thursday.

The ancient Mahasthangarh complex in Bogra district, the country’s oldest archaeological site, is at risk of destruction, The Daily Star said.
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Buddha’s home Kapilavastu lies in utter neglect

KAPILAVASTU – The Uttar Pradesh government may be trying to project itself as a champion of Buddhism, yet his original home Kapilavastu, in the remotest corner of the state along the India-Nepal border, lies in a condition of utter neglect.

Way back in 563 BC, Queen Maya Devi might have conveniently traversed the distance of …. Read the original article  : Buddha’s home Kapilavastu lies in utter neglect.

Thousands offer prayers at Valley’s Hazratbal shrine

SRINAGAR – Thousands of people braved the cold and inclement weather Wednesday to offer prayers at Kashmir Valley’s holiest Muslim shrine of Hazratbal in summer capital Srinagar to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Mohammad.

Dressed in warm clothes, men, women and children converged at the shrine on the banks of the Dal Lake to … Original article on : Thousands offer prayers at Valley’s Hazratbal shrine.