Posted on 06/25/2008 1:10:53 PM PDT by 3AngelaD
NEW DELHI: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama can now expect help from an unexpected quarter — Lord Hanuman. All-India Congress Committee member Brij Mohan Bhama has organised a 11-day religious ceremony at Karol Bagh here for his success in the U.S. elections.
The idea of sending an idol of Hanuman dawned on him after friends in the United States mentioned a “prominent American politician who carried a miniature Hanuman idol in his pocket for luck,” Mr. Bhama said speaking on the first day of the ceremony on Tuesday.
“After hearing that, I decided to gift Mr. Obama a larger, gold-plated version along with the wishes of thousands of his supporters in this country,” said the leader struggling to lift the 15 kg, 21-inch brass idol.
The first-day ceremony...or infusion of divine life into an idol, was performed by a dozen priests reciting mantras in tandem. It was attended by Democrats Abroad India chairperson Carolyn Sauvage, who spent over an hour at the venue.
The idol was later kept in the sanctum sanctorum of the Sankat Mochan Dham, where it will be kept for 10 more days. Mr. Bhama said several temples in New Delhi had already expressed an interest in keeping the idol for worship on their premises before it begins its journey across the Atlantic.
Along with the idol, a copy of Hanuman Chalisa, a compilation of hymns in praise of the Lord, would be sent.
“We will ensure that Mr. Obama receives the idol by August 24, a day before the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado,” said Mr. Bhama.
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India needs those American jobs.
Of course they will pray for Obama.
I don’t even know what to say.
Thank you India?
Truth is stranger than fiction.
I would replace the word “Thank” with a word that begins with the letter “F”.
haha I hear you on that.
Noooooo obviously you’re just some backwards thinking conservative who doesn’t really understand and accept the global politics of today. You also show psychological symptoms of racism and intolerance against both the Indian culture and that of the African Americans. Shame on you. Now stop complaining as we raise your tax rates and give the money to illegal aliens and welfare moms.
Amazing how LITTLE has changed in the past 6,000 years.
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