http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1106000/1106050.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1106000/1106050.stm
"The greatest trick that the devil played was to convince that he doesn’t exist"movie-Usual Suspect
Oh My GoD!
Im not gonna say anything because I dont want to be rude towards anyone’s religion but
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The GuPPeR ForMallY KnowN as MadaM MariA
MuNia ,its very nice of you.Me too,not going to say anything of my own,but b/c it is openly out there for public display openly all over,i like the exotic picture !!
KUMBH DRAWS SAGAR SADHUS
BY A STAFF REPORTER
Calcutta, Jan. 8:
The Maha Kumbh Mela has hijacked the sadhus of the Ganga Sagar Mela this
year. Compared to the usual conglomeration of nearly 50,000 sadhus in
the city around this time of the year, hardly 5,000 have gathered at the
make-shift Maidan tents put up by the NGOs and the state government.
The usual frenetic build-up to the annual Sagar Mela on Makar Sankranti
is missing, thanks to the sparse gathering of pilgrims. The sadhus, who
come from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and the
Northeast, are conspicuous by their absence, most of them opting for the
‘rare’ Maha Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, which happens once in 12 years.
“I’m too old and much though I would have liked to visit the Maha Kumbh
Mela, I decided in favour of the Sagar Mela since the facilities are
better here and we are well looked after,” said Swami Satyanand, who has
come with his disciple from Uttar Pradesh, even as the rest of his clan
has embarked for the Maha Kumbh Mela.
Among the six big tents erected by the government, only one has been
taken up, while of the 29 private tents put up by NGOs, the occupancy is
a pathetic nine.
“We had arranged to feed nearly 20,000 pilgrims, whereas less than a
thousand turned up for lunch today. With so much food going waste, we
stand to incur a huge expenditure,” lamented Amarnath Tewari, working
secretary of Sultanpur Samaj, one of the NGOs traditionally engaged in
looking after the Sagar pilgrims.
The state administration, too, has been taken aback by the sadhu exodus
to Maha Kumbh Mela this season and a lot of staff engaged to look after
the pilgrims in transit, are idling.
“We hardly have any work during the day, with so few pilgrims around,
and the entire area looks bleak and forlorn this year,” said Arun Kumar
Pal, employee of the engineering department, South 24-Parganas.
Pal’s colleague, Amal Chandra Dey, said: “Every moment, we are expecting
a big batch of sadhus to arrive, but so far, they have remained
elusive.”
The state administration has set up eight vaccination booths, one
information centre and a 24-hour police camp at the make-shift camps on
the Maidan.
Despite the unusually poor attendance, the tents will remain standing
till January 17, when the pilgrims return from the Ganga Sagar Mela,
which begins on January 13.
Vow! some pictures, I thought it was a religious mela.
[This message has been edited by Musalman (edited January 09, 2001).]
hmm… sickos…
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fly like a bee, sting a like a butterfly.
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… it does look a bit gross though ..
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