Tag: lucky lakshmanan
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How Dr Lucky Lakshmanan and friends brought Sringeri to Toronto
The Canadian Bazaar TORONTO: The Sringeri temple in Toronto is the only second such religious institution operating outside of India. The first Sringeri temple in the West opened at Stroudsburg in Pennsylvania in the US in early 1990s. Renowned Toronto scientist Dr V.I. `Lucky’ Lakshmanan, who is the current president of the Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation…
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How Canada’s first Sringeri temple came to Toronto
Sringeri Toronto temple was thrown open to devotees on June 20, 2010 The Canadian Bazaar TORONTO: June 20, 2010, was a historic day in the history of Canada’s Hindu community when the country’s first Sringeri temple opened in Toronto. On that day, thousands of devotees from Canada and the US thronged the 30,000 sq-ft temple…
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How Canada’s governor-general delayed his oath-taking in 2010 for sake of Dr Abdul Kalam, says Lucky Lakshmanan
By Gurmukh Singh TORONTO: Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam was so much respected in Canada that the current Governor-General David Johnston had delayed his oath-taking in 2010 so that he could personally confer an honorary doctorate on the former Indian President. “David Johnston was appointed the Governor General of Canada when he was the president of…