Where moving around the hill gives an entry to Heaven!!!!

Religion makes happen things impossible. Religion makes you believe in anything. Take the case of this annual Hindu fair that happens every year at Goverdhan in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district in India. More than 10 million pilgrims from all over India shall take part in it which started on July 25th. The fair shall peak on full moon day - July 29/30.

The weeklong Mudiya Poonau fair started with thousands of people joining the 21-km-long route around the Goverdhan hill, which, according to Hindu mythology, Lord Krishna had lifted with his little finger to protect people from torrential rains.

So wednesday onwards, Mathura, Vrindavan and other holy places associated with Lord Krishna will see hundreds of thousands of pilgrims converging until Janmashtami - the festival that celebrates Krishna's birth.

Many seem to believe that if the parikrama (moving around the hill) is not performed in the stipulated time they will be denied entry to heaven,' an official said.

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Temple purified after minister’s visit

Guruvayoor is one of the most sacred and important pilgrim centers of Kerala state in India. Recently Mr. Vayalar Ravi’s , union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs visited Sri Krishna temple at Guruvayoor in Kerala state of India but interestingly after his visit “purification” rituals were carried out at the premises of the temple following the entry of Vayalar Ravi’s family to make an offering.

Commenting on the ‘punyaham’ (purification rituals) held by the temple, Ravi said: “I wanted my grandchild to get the blessings of Lord Guruvayurappa, that’s why we went there. Now it seems the priests shall decide on who would get the blessings of the lord.”

Ravi and his family had gone to the temple to perform the ‘annaprasan’, or the ceremonial first rice feeding, of his six-month-old grandson Rajiv Krishna on Saturday. Ravi’s wife Mercy Ravi, a former Congress legislator in Kerala assembly, is a Christian by birth and the temple is closed to non-Hindus.

The temple chief priest Chenas Raman Namboodiripad ordered the purification rituals after Ravi’s son Ravi Krishna failed to produce a certificate to prove he was a Hindu.

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