Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Man sentenced to five slaps for rape in Ghaziabad

In a most shameful punishment ever awarded to a rapist, a man accused of raping a minor was sentenced to 5 kicks as a punishment for his crime by the village panchayat in Ghaziabad.

The accused raped his niece when she was alone in the house at Saulana village on Saturday, Mar 13. The girl reported the matter to her parents who confronted the accused.

"After my daughter told me about the rape I confronted him. He asked me to settle the matter among ourselves," the victim's mother said in media reports.

But, they decided to go the police when he was allowed to go free with the filmsiest punishment of five kicks.

"The girl told her parents who threatened to go to the police. But the people in the area called a Panchayat and tried to cover up the matter," Superintendent of Police (SP) Capt M M Baig reportedly said.

Police said that a case under section 376 (rape) was lodged against the accused on Tuesday, Mar 16 and the victim has been sent for medical examination.

Efforts are being made to arrest the accused, police said.

Source: news.oneindia.in, 17th March 2010

Godman incarnation near Bangalore supplicated by cannabis

One more superstition using gods name. People getting to have Ganja using gods name as a excuse.

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In a bizarre ritual, large number of devotees visit a temple in Bangalore's Chitradurga district and smoke cannabis during an annual festival as an expression of their devotion to the deity here.

Buzz up! The temple's main deity Nayakana Hatti Tipperudraswami is said to be the incarnation of Lord Shiva.Visiting this temple during the annual festival shows how men and women consume cannabis during this festival, held in March, in the name of the strange belief.

Also related to this 800-year-old unusual ritual is a belief of some people that smoking cannabis enables the smoker to develop a better focus in the worship of the deity here.

People here believe that God favours those devotees who smoke cannabis here and they attain 'salvation' after smoking cannabis.Legend has it that Tipperudraswami came to Nayakana hatti and stayed until his last days. The God created the pyre for his cremation.

"The fair is of Guru Eppseswamy (another name of Nayakana Hatti Tipperudraswami) is being observed every year for 800 years. He attained Moksha (salvation) at this place," said Shekharappa, Member of Temple Committee.

Some of the hermits believe that cannabis should be consumed by them alone as it is the sacred offering of God.

"In our Shavana community, many people call it (cannabis) as 'Ganja' or 'Patri'. But it is none of these. It is 'Shiva Patri'. I should say that only the Shavana community should be allowed to smoke it. No other people have authority over it," said, Niranjan Swamiji, a hermit.

Though it is illegal to buy, sell or possess cannabis in the country, the fair provides an opportunity to cannabis sellers and buyers, as they can trade cannabis here without any hassle.

Source: news.oneindia.in, 10th March 2010

Marriage made in heaven, solemnised in police station

Policemen in UP helped a couple to get married in their police station when their parents opposed it :)

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The wedding card of this couple who eloped might read something like this — Satish Kumar weds Maya Pasi. You are cordially invited to attend the marriage at a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district!

Satish, 24, and Maya, 21 – both residents of Achalganj town in Unnao, some 65 km from Lucknow – who had run away from home ended up tying the knot, thanks to policemen who were moved by their plight.

“The Achalganj police station literally transformed into a wedding venue. We even set up a ‘mandap’ in the police station and decorated it with flowers and called a priest from a nearby town, who solemnised the wedding yesterday (Wednesday) evening,” police inspector Shreedhar Pathak told reporters Thursday in Unnao.

“When locals came to know about the marriage, they too turned up to bless the couple and participated in the ceremonial function along with police. We cannot put into words what we feel after helping the couple get married,” added Pathak, who along with other policemen made the wedding arrangements at the police station.

The couple were in love for the past two years and eloped two days ago after which the girl’s father filed a complaint with the police.

Acting on the compliant, the police carried out a search operation and nabbed the couple early Wednesday from the outskirts of the town.

Thereafter, police handed over the girl to her father, while they detained Satish for questioning. However, later in the afternoon the girl turned up before police and pleaded with them to let her marry Satish.

“We were moved by the tears of the girl…When we learnt that the consenting couple were adults and their marriage was opposed by their family members, we decided to get the couple married,” said Omkar Triptahi, another police official.

After conducting the marriage, the police officials called the parents of the couple and tried to explain to them the legal aspects of the situation and counselled them to accept the couple.

After counselling, both families accepted the couple.

Source: www.dailytimesindia.com, 11th march 2010

Bizarre superstitious ritual of lowering the infants into a 50-feet deep well

One more act of bizarre superstitious ritual still happening in India.

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Authorities have launched an awareness campaign in Maharashtra's Sangli district to rid the locals of practising bizarre superstitious rituals.

Buzz up!
Villagers in Sangli follow a ritual of lowering the infants into a 50-feet deep well with a belief it would help in increasing the life of the kids.


This ritual is very old and the villagers observe it every year on the occasion of 'Gudi Padwa' or the Hindu New Year.

The ritual had the district authorities concerned.

"This is a very old tradition, but still it is not correct to carry it out in today's age. So I've asked the SDM (Sub-Divisional Magistrate) to go to the village and talk to the villagers to discontinue this ritual," said Shyam Vardane, District Magistrate, Sangli.

This is just one of many incidents that people in various parts of India follow, especially in the rural areas.

Lack of education and awareness and prohibitive medical care often leads the people to practice bizarre rituals with a belief it would bring them good luck or prosperity or even long life.

Source: news.oneindia.in, 19th March 2010

Kerala oracles and devotees sing filthy songs on Hindu Gods

In the previous post we read that people offered cigarettes and beer to god, here people are singing vulgar songs about hindu gods to get the blessings from their god.
I really dont understand how people can believe such things and follow them.

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Devotes and oracles gathered at the Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple here to celebrate the Bharani festival, where they sang filthy and vulgar songs about Hindu gods and goddess with the belief that it praises their main deity.

Devotees here are free to sing any kind of songs but should be a vulgar one followed by ''ta-naro-tanro'' and throw turmeric, coconut on to the temple's sanctum sanatorium roof, while the oracles dressed in red attire holding sword with bells on their belly take a full round of the temple. Sometimes most of them hit themselves on their forehead with their sword in praise to their deity.

Surendran Kumar, a Hindu devotee from Coimbatore, who comes here every year with his entire group to celebrate, said that he has been following his father and brothers even mother to take up as an oracle.

Kumar further said it is the power of goddess, which draws him to do it every year without any fail. "I have been coming here for the past four years now. We are altogether 166 people. We have been becoming oracles as a family traditional from my forefathers, all my brothers and even my mother comes here every year," said Kumar.

"Only because of this our life is safe and secure we are very happily living. There is nothing like any pain or any break on our foreheads even we do not know why we are smashing ourselves we are not aware that time," he added.

The pilgrimage undertaken to the shrine on this occasion is believed to safeguard and bring lots of wealth to their families.

Another lady oracle Devaki Amma said she has been coming here since ages and there has been a kind of blessing in her family after visiting this place. "I have been coming here to this temple since 1943 and I am an oracle. We are around 55 devotees came together. For all of us the Kodungallur Bhagvati is our own deity, who protects us from all evils and has got every wealth like car, house and other things to our family members," she said.

The famous Kodungalloor Bhagavathy Temple located in Thrissur district of Kerala is open for all especially belonging to the lower strata in Hindu society on the occasion. The Goddess Bhagavathy is the presiding deity of the ancient temple here. The Bharani festival, known for its bawdy songs, attracts the largest congregation of Velichappadu or oracles, both men and women, in the State.

Kerala is a perfect place of communal harmony and is often mentioned as the god''s own country.

Source: www.newkerala.com, 20th March 2010

Devotees offer cigarettes, alcoholic drinks to Lord Muneshwara in Karnataka

Heard anywhere of offering wine and cigarettes to god. It happens only in India.
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Offering flowers, sweets and fruits to god has been a part of age-old tradition in Hinduism but in Karwar district of Karnataka, devotees offer alcohol and cigarettes to Lord Muneshwara.

Sources of devotees from all over the country including Maharashtra and Goa visit this temple to get their wishes fulfilled by offering cigarettes and alcohol. According to Anand Raj Naik, a priest of Muneshwara temple, alcohol and cigarettes were liked by Him. Hence, it is been made a ritual here to offer as a religious offering to please and seek His blessings.

"People pray to Lord Muneshwara for fulfilment of their wishes and once their wish is fulfilled, they come here to offer cigarette, non-vegetarian food and wine. These things were his favourite when He was alive. Hence we are still following this ritual to please him," said Naik.

Every March, a fair is organized near the temple, where scores of devotees come to offer alcohol, goat and chicken.

"Lord Muneshwara has fulfilled all our wishes, even if somebody is sick in our family, I believe that lord will cure him. In return, we come here to offer him cigarette and wine," said Kiran Venkatraman, a devotee.

It is believed that lord Muneshwara also called "Khapri" by locals, came to Karwar 300 years ago and took to renunciation.

He then served the poor and the needy. After his death, a temple was constructed at a place called Karwar.

Source: www.dailyindia.com, March 21 2010

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

1000 Rupees notes garland for Mayawati




Look at how money is being used in public in UP. Earlier they started using crores of money to build the statues of Mayawati and other leaders of SP, now 1000 rupees notes garland made for Mayawati. Where does this much money come from. Is it the tax money of people or is it the corruption money being used. Isnt there any account of such things in uttar pradesh.

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It was a one woman show at the BSP rally marking the 76th birth anniversary of its founder Kanshi Ram today with chief minister Mayawati being presented a garland made of hundreds of Rs.1000 notes while other leaders were literally relegated to the background.

The garland also attracted the attention of the crowd at Ramabai Ambedkar maidan as they could not make out from a distance that it was made of currency notes. Some were heard discussing about the "shining garland" and concluded that it could be made of some "imported flowers".

Mayawati, who arrived at the venue on a helicopter amidst sloganeering by supporters led by senior ministers Naseemuddin Siddiqui and Lalji Verma, took the lone chair in the middle of the dais, while all senior party leaders including the Assembly speaker Sukhdev Rajbhar sat much behind her or were standing.

Members of Bahujan Volunteer Force, assigned the task of controlling the cadres during such rallies, could not stop themselves from breaking into a jig during a cultural show at the event. Men and women donning blue danced enthusiastically to songs in praise of the BSP chief and she looked on.

Source: www.dnaindia.com, 15th March 2009