Thursday, September 25, 2008
In eastern state of Orissa, Christians face Hindus' wrath
The men, wearing saffron headbands, ransacked dozens of huts, searching for cash and looting bicycles and livestock.
They torched the village church, leaving behind burned Bibles in the local Kui language and torn-down posters of Jesus. "Christianity is a foreign religion," they shouted over bullhorns, according to eyewitness and police reports.
Hearing that such attacks were spreading in the mist-shrouded hills of this destitute part of Orissa state, the sisters fled with hundreds of neighbors, trekking through forest land. After two days, they reached this crowded makeshift relief camp, set up on the campus of a dank high school, 15 miles from their village.
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Labels: Babita Nayak, Bibles, bullhorns, christainity, church, eyewitness, Hindu, Jesus posters, Kui language, mob, Orissa state, saffron headbands, torched
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Kali, the destroyer and redeemer of mankind
Kalighat is located in the city of Kolkata, previously called Calcutta, on the banks of the river Hooghly (Bhagirathi). The name Calcutta is said to have been derived from ‘Kalighat'. Situated to the south of Kolkata, the temple is considered one of the 52 shakti peethams of India. Shakti peethams are divine spots where the various parts of Sati's body are said to have fallen,during the course of Shiva's rudra tandava. Kalighat is believed to be the location where Sati's right toe fell.
Goddess Kali is one of Bengal's main deities. She is regarded as both a destroyer and a savior and is depicted in a fearful form. Despite her scary form, Kali is worshiped in almost every home in Bengal because she is believed to bestow harmony on worshipers.
The temple has attracted many interesting legends. One such is that a devotee once saw a ray of light coming from the Bhagirathi river-bed and discovered that it emanated from a piece of stone carved in the form of a human toe.
He also found a svayambhu lingam of Nakuleshwar Bhairav nearby, and began worshiping Goddess Kaali in the midst of a thick jungle.
The Kalighat temple in its present form is about 200 years old, but its actual date of foundation is unclear as it has been referred to both in Mansar Bhasan composed in the 15th century, and in Kavi Kankan Chandi of the 17th century.
The original temple was a small hut. King Manasingha, during early 16th century, constructed a small temple. The present temple, however, was built under the patronage of the Sabarna Roy Chowdhury family of Banisha.
This family is also said to have built the Chitreswari Kaali temple in Chitpur, West Bengal. It is believed that there was a pathway through the jungle between Chitpur and Kalighat, and this pathway, according to some records, became the Chitpur road of modern day Kolkata.
The Kalighat temple was completed in the year 1809. Another family, the Haldars of Kolkata, claim to be the original owners of the temple property. But the Chowdhurys of Banisha dispute this claim.
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Article taken from the issue:23 Nov, 2007
Labels: Goddess Kali, Hindu, Kalighat, religion, religious, temples
Monday, November 12, 2007
Groundbreaking ceremony for Ganesha temple in Berlin-Germany
Heinz Buschkowsky, center, mayor of Berlin's Neukoelln district, breaks the ground for a planned Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple on Nov. 4 in Berlin. At the Hasenheide park, Europe's third biggest Hindu temple is scheduled to open in three years. The temple including a 17 meters tall tower shall become an intercultural meeting place and a prayer site for the around 6,000 Hindu living in the German capital. To read the complete article click here:http://www.newsindia-times.com/
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Labels: Europe's third biggest Hindu temple, Germany, Heinz Buschkowsky, Hindu
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