A community leader behind plans for a Hindu community centre and temple in Northampton has been appointed MBE in the New Year Honours list. Neelam Aggarwal-Singh, 53, is a founder member of the Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation (IHWO), set up in 1996. Work on its Northampton Kutumbh Centre is due to begin next year. She […]
By Wayne Bontoft Published on Tuesday 29 May 2012 21:56 in Chronicle & Echo COUNCILLORS have unanimously backed plans to build a large Hindu temple in Northampton, four years after they were first revealed. The Indian Hindu Welfare Association revealed plans to build the 12 million temple in Lings Way, Lumbertubs, in 2008. And on […]
By Anna Brosnan Published on Thursday 9 September 2010 10:27 in Chronicle E Echo THERE must have been a time in the history of Northampton – as well as many other UK towns – when the Hindu celebration of Diwali would have seemed just a distant concept to many residents. But as Asian communities have […]
