- Mercury compounds are known to rest of the world as deadly poisons. To some it + some Mantras = 4 centuries- old drinking water clarifier for the Xagors.
- But Hg as an element was located less than 3 centuries back! Truly remarkable!
- Bamun Pukhuri, Barua-Bamun Gaon, "Xonamuwa Bamun Thakotey Xudire Haal Baainey?" I promise I did not create these Ethnic Insults .
- And can somebody explain Ethnicity and Hindu Castes? to Bhondo Toposwis.
-mm
From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: assam@assamnet.org
Subject: [Assam] From ToI
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:54:37 -0500
>News from ToI:
>
>Smacks of 'xiboxagor-pukhuri' t 'rox'or valve.
>
>cm
>
> NEW DELHI: The faithful continued to flock temples since Monday
>morning as word got around of idols of Hindu deities drinking milk
>while scientists ascribed it to soaking of liquid by dry clay and
>some leaders on Monday asked people to use reason instead of going by
>superstition.
>
> Long queues of men, women and children were seen in front of Durga,
>Shiva and Ganesha temples in several parts of Madhya Pradesh as
>people offered spoonfuls of milk to the idols and many went there out
>of curiosity. At some places, religious rituals were also performed.
>
> Reports of people witnessing the "divine event" were received from
>Indore, Ratlam, Mandsaur, Jabalpur, Guna and Gwalior.
>
> "I have personally offered milk to Goddess Durga and similar
>offerings were made by devotees since Sunday evening," a priest of
>Bhavani temple in Bhopal said.
>
> People with milk pots also made a beeline for temples in Kanpur. Ram
>Prasad, priest of a Hanuman temple said they started reaching the
>temple to offer milk since Sunday night.
>
> The industrial town's Shiva temples, Durga temples, Shani Dev
>temples and Sanatan Dharma temples were also full.
>
> There was a rush to a temple in Kolkata's Kidderpore area last night
>to offer milk to Shiva after TV channels beamed reports of the
>happening.
>
> West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee asked people to
>go by logic and reason. "It is unfortunate that a large section of
>the people is still guided by illogical views," he told reporters
>when asked about the re-run of the 1995 episode of Ganesh idols
>drinking milk.
>
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