Where AK 47s, INSAS rifles are worshipped

Ranchi, The Durga Puja celebration at the Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) ground in Ranchi is unique in many ways.

Here the idol of Goddess Durga is not worshipped, but arms and weapons. The idol is given a salute of guns, animals are sacrificed and women worship for the safety of their husbands and sons.Read More................Where AK 47s, INSAS rifles are worshipped on Durga Puja

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Devotees pierce their bodies to worship goddess

Davangere (Karnataka): Devotees of the Goddess Mattu Mariamma in Karnataka’s Davangere town pierce their bodies with iron nails in an act of worship and to seek her blessings. Read More................Karnataka devotees pierce their bodies to worship goddess

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Where Demons Are Worshipped

Kullu: People from different parts of Himachal Pradesh thronged Kullu in Chachogi District to participate in a unique fair in which both-the Gods and demons-are worshipped.

Buzz up!The weeklong annual fair locally known as 'Kotlu' is held to celebrate the legendry mythological accord reached between Gods and demons.

According to the agreement, the demons demanded that they should be worshipped at least once in a year, and in return, they would not disturb their meditation or harm human beings. So, 'Kotlu' is celebrated to make the demons happy. Read More................When demons are worshipped in Kullu

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Where weapons are worshipped

During the Navratri festival different forms of idols of goddess Durga are worshipped. But there is a place in Jharkhand where weapons are worshipped instead of goddess Durga.

If you want to see a different form of prayers come to the campus of the Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) at Ranchi. Here weapons are worshipped. The prayer system is almost similar except placing the idol goddess Durga. Read more...............................Where weapons are worshipped instead of Durga

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Hindu pontiff to lose worshipping rights for overseas visits

Trips abroad may deprive a seer of the right to worship at the famous Krishna temple in Udupi town of Karnataka.

Sugunendra Thirtha Swami, the head of the Puthige mutt - one of the eight mutts that administer the temple by rotation - may not be allowed to worship Lord Krishna at the temple when his turn comes in January. Read more......................Overseas visits may deny Hindu pontiff worshipping rights

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Where Ravana is worshipped as son-in-law and learned man

The burning of Ravana's effigy marks the triumph of good over evil during Dussehra across the country but in two towns of Madhya Pradesh, Ravana is worshipped as a son-in-law and a learned man.

Members belonging to Hindu sect Namdeo Vaishnav Samaj in Mandsaur town, around 350 km from here, worship Ravana on Dussehra and believe that his wife Mandodari hailed from the town. So residents thus regard him as their son-in-law. Read more......A 35-feet, 10-headed statue Where Ravana is worshipped as son-in-law and learned man

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Unusual baby draws crowds, worshipped as divine

Religious & bigot people in India can believe in any damn thing. Take this case of this Indian boy who is born with a medical deformity but hundreds are flocking to a house in Orissa's Balasore district to glimpse and even worship a baby born with both male and female genitalia, being described as an incarnation of Hindu gods Shiva and Parvati..........Read full story........Unusual baby draws crowds, worshipped as divine.

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Siamese baby being worshipped as 'Goddess'

Here is a Siamese baby who was born on July 4 to Geeta of the Indalpur Village near Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly District in India. This infant was born with two heads, four hands and two legs. But due to ignorance, villagers are worshipping this child as reincarnation of Goddess.

Ramesh, father of the twins, said: "On the fourth of this month, this child was born to my wife at 8'o clock. Everyone called her an incarnation of Devi (Goddess), as she has two heads, four hands and two legs. People come here from far off places, and offer money to my child out of respect."

Doctors suggest it could also be Siamese or conjoined twins, who are joined together physically at a particular part of the body. The newborn are conjoined at the torso.

Dr. Ashok Aggarwal, a surgeon with the Ruhelkhand, Medical College, said: "Such kinds of children are called as Siamese baby. They are no incarnation of God. It can be referred to as a mistake done by nature. When two eggs join at the time of fertilization, they grow together after that. They are no incarnation. They should be immediately operated to be separated so that life of both the babies can be saved.

He added that if they are continued to be treated as an incarnation, then life of both babies can come into danger. "Thus, to save their lives, operation is a must."

The news of the unusual child-birth spread very quickly. After initial hesitation and surprise, people started pouring in to have a glimpse of the child.

Elders in the infant's family are also delighted to have been blessed with 'the baby Goddess'.

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Satan Worship to seek Supernatural powers

In Mizoram state of India tribal youths are worshipping Satan to seek supernatural powers to perform miracles. The church in the predominantly Christian northeastern state of Mizoram is grappling to fight a bizarre phenomenon.There are reports of youths invoking Satan in desolate cemeteries by offering blood from self-inflicted wounds.

‘The youths often cut their wrist with blades and then suck their own blood as an offering to Satan. They want to do wonders or miracles by invoking Satan,’ said Reverend L.H. Rawsealh, a faculty member of the Theological College investigating the weird practice.

The genesis of this trend dates back to 2000 with community elders and church leaders citing incidents of youths practicing such bizarre things inspired by television shows and films about the paranormal and the occult.

‘Most of the cases that we have heard were being practiced by youths who are drug addicts and influenced by films,’ said Reverend Chuauthuama, a senior church leader and a lecturer at the Theological College.

The revelations have shocked people in Mizoram, where close to 90 percent of the under one million people are Christians.

‘The art of black magic, demonology or maybe superstitious beliefs imbibed on these power hungry youths could be reasons,’ Chuauthuama said. In some places, the youths were reported to have desecrated church buildings and the pulpits, besides burning down Bibles.

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