Compiled by C. ARUNO, JUNAID IBRAHIM, and R. ARAVINTHAN
THERE will be a groundbreaking ceremony in Kerling, Selangor, today for the first of its kind Saivite Hindu institute and temple.
Saivism is a denomination of Hinduism which worships Lord Shiva. The college was the brainchild of the Saiva Thirukoil Kalai Kalvi Aravariyam (Saiva College Foundation) and Malaysia Saiva Samaya Peravai (Saiva Council of Malaysia), with the support of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam.
Dr Nagappan Arumugam founded the Aravariyam and mooted the idea to bring together the various Saivite organisations in the country.
The entire development is expected to cost about RM50mil and the Aravariyam welcomes donations to the effort, he added.
> A farmer in Tamil Nadu was slashed to death after confronting illegal liquor sellers in his village in Krishnagiri, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Muniraj, 65, was returning home from the local police station when three men attacked him with machetes.
Passers-by helped get the victim to a nearby hospital, but he had died by then.
The above articles are 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, it denotes a separate news item.
