Priests 'purify' temple after foreigner enters premises Times of India, India - 13 hours ago PURI: There was disquiet at the Jagannath temple here on Friday when a 23-year-old Chilean entered the premises where non-Aryavarta Hindus are banned. ... Lord Jagannath Temple's Rituals hit due to entry of foreign tourist Orissadiary.com Foreigner detained Calcutta Telegraph Chilean enters Puri temple, creates flutter Express Buzz Newspost Online - KalingaTimes all 13 news articles »
Orissa: Priests vanish after purification ceremony Times of India, India - 15 Jan 2009 BHUBANESWAR: The controversy over a purification ceremony at the Akhandalamani Shiva temple at Aradi in Bhadrak district following Orissa minister Pramilla ...
Orissa temple purified after low caste minister visit Reuters India, India - 21 hours ago The minister said the purification ritual, at the Akhandalamani temple in Orissa's Bhadrak district, could have been conducted at the behest of her ...
‘No row over Minister’s visit’ Express Buzz, India - 19 hours ago... the visit of Women and Child Development Minister Pramila Mallick, a Dalit, to the Akhandalamani temple at Aradi, 35 km from here, yesterday. ...
Orissa temple 'purified' after Dalit minister's visit Smash Hits, India - 15 Jan 2009 Women and Child Welfare Minister Pramila Mallick entered the sanctum sanctorum of the Akhandalamani temple, a highly revered shrine of Hindu lord Shiva at ...
Priests 'purify' Orissa temple after Dalit minister's visit Times of India, India - 14 Jan 2009 Pramilla Mallick, the women and child development minister, on Wednesday went to the famous Akhandalamani Shiva temple at Aradi in Bhadrak, ...
Mallik visit to temple causes turmoil The Statesman, India - 14 Jan 200914: The entry of the state women and child development minister Mrs Pramila Mallik into the Sanctum Sanctorum (Garva Griha) of the Akhandalamani temple in ...
Caste abuse in temple Calcutta Telegraph, India - 14 Jan 2009 Some sevayats (priests) objected to her entry after she had left the Akhandalamani temple at Aradi, about 150km from here. Rituals at the 150ft temple ...
Dalit woman minister`s temple entry sparks tension Zee News, India - 14 Jan 2009 Bhubaneswar, Jan 14: Chaos broke out over the entry of a Dalit woman minister in the sanctum sanctorum of the famous Akhandalamani temple in Orissa's ...
Woman minister's temple entry sparks tension in Orissa Indopia, India - 14 Jan 2009 Bhubaneswar , Jan 14 Chaos broke out today over the entry of a dalit woman minister in the sanctum sanctoram of the famous Akhandalamani temple in ...
Rel om tempelbezoek 'onaanraakbare' minister De Telegraaf, Netherlands - 18 hours ago De autoriteiten onderzoeken of hindoepriesters na het bezoek een reinigingsritueel hebben uitgevoerd in het Akhandalamani-heiligdom.
Dalits in Orissa are barred from entering many Hindu temples. In November 2004, villagers beat up four Dalit women for entering an 18th century Jagannath temple at Keradagarh village in the coastal district of Kendrapada.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fragile religion is this Brahmanism that a Dallit desecrates a holy temple. It means despite all the sanctities and purifications, a Dallit desecrates the strongest and holiest of Brahmin's god and his abode. Thus a Dallit is stronger than the holiest and strongest of all the Brahmin gods. What a pity! If a Dallit drinks water from a well, it gets impure. Note the point. "All the gods and goddesses can't make the temple pure and holy again", and what a weird "Pseudo Republic" is India where Non Aryans can not live in peace and tranquility.
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