Saturday November 27, 2010

Study on Hindu temples in the country proposed

A STUDY is needed to verify the number of Hindu temples built in the country since independence, reported Tamil Nesan.

Quoting Malaysia Hindu Sangam president R.S. Mohan Shan, the paper said that without the correct figures, it would be difficult to know the number of temples undergoing renovation or being demolished.

He said many organisations, political parties and non-governmental organisations had tried to count the number of temples in the country but their numbers differed.

Mohan said the association, through its temple revitalisation committee, had started a five-year plan to register Hindu temples nationwide.

He said that with the help of the Sakthi Organisation, the committee has obtained details of 3,400 temples over the past two years.

> Malaysia Nanban reported that the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) wants the Pakatan Rakyat to give way to its political arm, the Human Rights Party (HRP), for straight fights with the Barisan Nasional in areas where there are large numbers of Indian voters.

Hindraf information chief S. Jayathas said the party had identified 15 parliamentary seats and 38 state seats where there were many Indian voters.

He said HRP deserved that chance as Hindraf had supported the opposition coalition in the 2008 general elections.

> Makkal Osai reported that fans of Tamil cinema stars Vijay and Asin will have to wait for at least six weeks to watch their latest movie, Kavalan, as the Madras High Court had stayed the release of the film.

A petition was filed by J.K. Saravanan, owner of Singapore-based Tantra Films, against Romesh Babu, the producer of Kavalan.

Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a > sign, it denotes a separate news item.

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