Heights Of Superstition: Constable refuses to register theft, says he can't start day on bad note

This is heights. A Constable refusing to register theft, saying he can't start day on bad note. What is bad note in that? Does he want us to gift him something daily so that he can start his day on a good note. Such are the people in Indian Police Department.

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''Please come after 2pm. If we entertain a complaint of theft incident in the beginning of day, the whole day would be passed while handling such complaints.''

Amandeep Saini, 27, of Naraingarh was stunned to hear the response of a constable, when the former approached him for lodging a theft complaint of a cellphone at police post PGI on Thursday. The cellphone belongs to a serving Lt Col R K Saini, who was admitted in Nehru Hospital in PGI since July 3, and was stolen from his bed.

Amandeep, a distant relative of the Army officer, said he went to police post with a written complaint which was turned down by the constable. When he stressed that cellphone was costly and swift action of cops might trace it, constable asked him to come back in afternoon, Amandeep added. The cell phone was stolen between 5am and 5:30am from the bed of patient on Thursday.

Source: Times Of India, July 8, 2011

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

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.

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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

Community boycotts woman who was touched by and outsider

One more case of bizarre superstition which is still existing in rural India.

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Want to see just how deeply superstition remains rooted even in today’s society? Visit Mangrul Chavala village, around 50km from Amravati, where a woman from the Pardhi community was ostracized from the community.

The reason: she was allegedly touched by a person from other community. The victim Parsanta Pawar lives in Pardhi Beda in Mangrul Chavala village, which is located in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil. The tehsil faces acute water shortage. Due to the problem, some youngsters in the community dug a borewell in the school on the premises of zilla parishad, which was used by the Pardhi community and the school’s students.

Sources said that on January 28, group education officer Ram Halde had visited the school for an inspection. He objected to the Pardhi women taking water from the borewell and a heated exchange took place between the women, including Parsanta, and the officer. The women lodged a complaint at the Nandgaon police station where a non cognisable offence was registered against Halde.

However, what happened next was even more bizarre. Instead of rallying behind the 38-year-old Parsanta who has four children, the community held that she had become untouchable as Halde, who belonged to a different community, had touched her during the altercation. Even her husband is supporting the boycott decision taken by the community.

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 05 Feb 2009

Man cuts off his tongue in front of god to have son

One more case of superstition. How can you give a birth to a child when you cut off your tongue and give it to god. Has the god asked you to do this. We have to blame the people or the priest who suggest such thing to the illiterate people of rural India.

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A childless man sliced off his tongue and offered it to the deity in an Uttar Pradesh temple to be 'blessed with a son', police said Tuesday.

Mukesh Kumar, 28, a resident of Banthari village in Banda district, some 200 km from Lucknow, cut off his tongue late Monday evening with a razor blade at the Mahesh temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, situated in the same village, officials added.

Kumar, who was rushed to a private hospital by other devotees, is out of danger but the doctors said he might have major speech problems later, senior inspector R.P. Mishra told reporters in Banda.

Kumar was childless after more than four years of marriage, he said.

"An ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, an angry Kumar left his house following a tiff with his wife for not being able to conceive. Kumar went to the temple, where he offered his tongue to the deity," said Mishra.

Source: www.newkerala.com, Jan 12 2010

Holy mans amazing feet on children

How can anyone let their child to be treated like this. This is as bizarre as it gets. Heights of superstition.

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A bizarre holy man has been arrested on child torture charges after horrified parents found him stamping on their youngsters' throats to cure them of colds. Self-proclaimed demi-god Jamun Yadav, 50, told police his holy Hindu powers allowed him to transfer divine energy from the soles of his feet. He said the amazing feets of magic allowed him to fight all illnesses in Katihar, eastern India. "This is scandalous and we have arrested him. The parents didn't know just what his treatment involved when they agreed to it," said police spokesman Santosh Singh. "He claims he needs no defence in court because he speaks for God. So it should be an interesting trial," he added.

Source: www.austriantimes.at, 21st December 2009

Baby dipped into boiling water as part of ritual

One more act of superstition in rural India.

A three-month-old infant was dunked into a vessel full of boiling water and lifted out, in a mysterious religious ritual by a couple at Jumalapur village in Bijapur district, Karnataka.

The horrifying act drew shocked gasps from the public and media persons gathered, but not as much as a whimper from the baby. She appeared fine.

The parents looked unafraid, and in fact, were happy that they were carrying out the ritual, held during the festival of Balabhim near Talikot town on Friday.

The story goes like this: Prabhavati and Sanganagouda of Navadagi village near Talikot town married a few years ago, but had no children. Fed up, the disappointed couple prayed that their wish be fulfilled.

Hanumantray Hugar, priest of Balabhim (Anjaneya) temple of Jumalapur village had uttered to them, presumably speaking on behalf of the Almighty: "I will give two issues to you, out of which one will be taken by self. Another should be dipped in boiling water as a religious ritual".

In due course, the first baby was born, but died early. The second one was born within a year, and the ritual was performed. Whether this is blind belief or a challenge to science is not known. But the baby is safe and healthy, even after its appalling experience.

Source: Times Of India, 28th December, 2008

2000 women whipped for 5 hours by priests in Tamilnadu: video

More superstition. Once again the target is women. Massive whipping of women and even young girls. They are getting whipped like this as part of some ritual. Really dont know how many such rituals are still existing in rural India. People watching this say nothing absurd about what they saw. "Tradition is tradition", they say.

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Like every Dussera, thousands gathered to pray at a 300-year-old temple in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal district. What followed next was unspeakable horror.

Two thousand teenagers and children, some as young as 10, were whipped by the temple's priests. For five hours. The priests' explanation: This whipping is a cure-all. Some 10-year-olds were lashed for not studying enough. Others were attacked for being slow to attain puberty. And menstruating teens were hit for being impure. The priests say this is nothing new. "We have been practicing this ritual for 300 years" declares Thangavelu, a priest.

The shocking scenes were filmed by local channels, none of whom called for help. Like others in this area, they find nothing absurd about what they saw. Tradition is tradition, they say.

The women can be seen gasping for breath, many are sobbing their hearts out. But the faith is unshakeable. Radhika, a devotee, says, "We believe that when we are whipped, we will get rid of all our mental and physical ailments and evil spirits."

Source: NDTV, September 30, 2009

Heights of superstition and blind belief: killing their own mother

Even today people in India believe in few superstitions which doesnt have any meaning. Exorcism ,if believed, is meant to be done by experienced people since it has its own complications. Here few men took this job by their own and in the process, they beat their own mother to death. Holy Shit !!

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In a grotesque incident, three educated sons of a UP Power Corporation engineer, along with a cousin, punched, kicked and beat their mother to death with a rod believing that she had been possessed by the spirit of a dead relative.

The bizarre violence didn't end there. The foursome then tried to "sacrifice" a sister-in-law in an attempt to bring their dead mother back to life. They also beat up and injured their sister, her husband, the husband's father and two sisters, when they tried to intervene. All except their brother-in-law, Rohit Kumar, had to be hospitalized. The gruesome drama lasted from 9pm to 10.30pm.

The eldest of the three brothers, Rohit Gautam, 28, is an engineer in a multinational production unit at Greater Noida. Another brother, Navneet, 26, recently completed his MBA. The youngest, Ashwini, 24, is doing a course in electrical work from a polytechnic. The "exorcism" took place in a respectable, middle class locality in the city.

As news of the violence spread, several hundred residents rushed to the police station to get a glimpse of the "butchers of Vijaynagar". Some agitated residents demanded they be allowed to lynch the culprits. The area police remained as involved with crowd control as they were with the investigation.

Rohit Kumar, whose wife, Renu, is the sister of the three assailants, said: "My mother, Banso Devi, had died two months ago. Soon after that, my brothers-in-law claimed my mother's spirit had possessed their mother, Shashi. On Saturday, they told us that we should perform a havan to exorcise my mother's spirit. We agreed just to make them feel good."

After the havan, Kumar said in the police report, he went home leaving Renu behind. "But about 8.30pm, the brothers phoned me to say Renu was very ill. When I reached there, their mother was having a fit. And the three brothers and their cousin, Kuldeep, 25, were shouting, 'Banso Devi, let go of our mother'."

Kumar said the brothers were kicking and punching their mother, and beating her with a rod, in an attempt to exorcise the spirit. "Soon Shashi Devi, who was around 55, died because of the beating."

The men then turned to Kumar's sister, Ruchi. She later said: "The brothers had become ferocious. They decided that a human sacrifice was needed to bring their mother back to life. They decided I was to be sacrificed. Even as their father, Ranvir Gautam, my sister, Lalita and sister-in-law, Renu, tried to intervene, they pulled us all into a room and latched the door from inside. They beat us all with rods. My left arm broke and I received head and body injuries. We survived because around 10.30pm, neighbours forced open the door to rescue us. The police also arrived about the same time."

All the assailants, with the exception of Rohit Gautam who is absconding, have been arrested. They have all been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and for "committing an act which, if it results in the victim's death, would make the death appear unintentional".

SSP, Deepak Ratan, said, "This is a case of sheer superstition and blind belief. There was no element of human sacrifice in the goings on, as some would like to believe. But it is tragic that even well educated people can behave in this way. These brothers' mother was ill. Like any patient, she required medical treatment."

Source: Times Of India, 28 April 2008

New born babies thrown off roofs to thank God : Video

How can anyone throw their new born baby from a roof of 50 feet height just for following some of their bizarre religious tradition. If by mistake the head of the child bangs to the ground directly, the child will be spot dead. Still, people in india take this risk.

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Religious traditions are diverse and sometimes as bizarre as they can get. A village in Solapur, Maharashtra, has a dangerous tradition of throwing newborns from a height of 50 feet onto a sheet, which is held by devotees.

The infants are thrown off the roof of the Baba Sheikh Umar Saheb Dargah in Musti village in Solapur. This is an age-old tradition practiced by couples who are blessed with a child after taking a vow at the dargah. The devotees also believe that this ritual is good for the health of the child.

“People have been following this tradition for almost 500 years now. They believe that if they throw the child from the roof then it does good to him or her,” deputy sarpanch of Musti village, Ravikiran Mehta said.

While the practice may seem dangerous and superstitious to others, the devotees strongly believe that the fall will not harm the infants. The reason given is that there has been no recorded evidence of any physical disability to the infants.

“It’s our family tradition and so we follow it,” a devotee said.



Source: IBNLive, Apr 27, 2008

A 10-year-old girl in an Orissa village was sacrificed for good harvest

We have been hearing various superstitions people follow in india for the reason god knows. Here is one of such superstition where a grandfather killed his granddaughter so that he can mix her blood in his field by which he believed he would yield a better crop in his farm. Disgusting.
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A 10-year-old girl in an Orissa village was beheaded by her grandfather, who believed that sowing seeds mixed with her blood would yield a bumper crop, police said on Monday.

The barbaric incident, spurred by age-old superstitions, took place on Sunday at the tribal-populated Adapathar village in Sambalpur district, over 450 km from Bhubaneshwar. The heinous crime came to light after villagers caught the man, Rajesh Hembram, and handed him over to the police.

Hembram, 52, has around three acres of agricultural land. To get a good harvest, he had planned in advanced to sow seeds mixed with the blood of his granddaughter on Akshaya Tritiya on Monday, a day considered auspicious by Hindus, police said.

"He cut off his granddaughter Bernaka Kandulana's head with an axe in a room when nobody was at home and drained her blood into a pot," P C Nayak, inspector in charge of the local police station, told IANS.

"We found some seeds in a steel pot that were mixed with blood," he said. "The man has been arrested and has confessed that he kept it to sow in his field on Akshaya Tritiya," he said.

Bernaka's head and the remaining part of the body were also found in the same room, the official added.

Source: www.hindustantimes.com, April 27, 2009