Posted on 08/22/2002 3:31:19 AM PDT by Red Jones
105 kids buried for a minute, TN Minister watches
Parents take part in shocking temple ritual
S Pandian
Madurai, August 21: At least 105 children were buried alive for just one minute in Perayur village, 46 kms from Madurai, on Wednesday to propitiate two female deities even as a minister from Jayalalithaas Cabinet watched on.
The childrenwho were first rendered unconsciouswere sunk into makeshift graves, covered completely, kept there for 60 seconds and then pulled out. All this under the benign gaze of state Minister for Housing and Urban Development, C Durairaj.
After being buried in a makeshift grave for one minute, (inset) a girl is carried out. P. Kumarapandian
Durairaj, who hails from the region and who was the chief guest at the function conducted in the name of goddesses Muthukuzhi Mariamman and Kaliamman, told The Indian Express: I witnessed the festival at the invitation of the community which organised it. Ive nothing more to say on this issue.
Perayur has been following this tradition for years. The Kuzhi maatru thiruvizhaor the festival of the pitsis observed every five-seven years. The last time the media landed up to cover this event in 1996, violence broke out.
All villagers participate in the ritual, burying their children in the hope that their wishes will be granted. Only pre-pubescent girls are chosen for the ritual, while no such condition is imposed in the case of boys. Those in the age group of four to twenty years can participate in this ritual.
Family members first sprinkle ash on the childs head and then spray his or her face with turmeric water, after which the child falls unconscious.
If the child fails to do so, the burial is cancelled and the family fined a thousand rupees. In fact, pit diggers ensure that the children are exhausted enough so that they dont try and wriggle out.
The child is then wrapped in a yellow cloth and taken to the burial ground in front of the temple. After the child is buried, his or her parents break a coconut and offer prayers. The entire episode lasts for a minute, after which the priest signals for the pit to be opened. The cloth around the head is unwrapped and the child is taken away by his or her relatives.
Kaliraj, former president of the Perayur Town panchayat, says there has never been any untoward incidents till now.
The next thiruvizha will be held after seven years.
If the compassionate liberals and multi-culturalists have their way, then it will be against the law to say these things. Hallowed be the name of Jesus Christ. And I thank god that he made the US a christian nation.
I think they'd have just as much luck taking the village's adults, shaving their heads, and setting their pubic hair on fire.
Only for a minute, of course..............
Agreed, Hinduism is idolatry. But Hindus are superior to the Allah-worshipping cult of murder.
How so? You'll need to further explain your illogical statement.
Friggin' pagan savages.
EverOnward wrote: "How so? You'll need to further explain your illogical statement."
There is nothing illogical about my statement, but since you seem to be having problems grasping it, I will endeavor to break it down into more simplistic terms.
Both activities are rituals that participants believe that by taking part in they will receive some future benefit. One takes a child, knocks them out, and buries them in the ground for 60 seconds under the belief that by doing so they will be granted a wish. The other takes a child and dunks them under the water for a couple of seconds in the belief that this will insure their eternal salvation.
Do you not see that although the method may be somewhat different in the two rituals, the underlying form is the same? From an outsiders perspective the only thing that is of concern here is whether someone is harmed in the ritual, as in the case of some satanic rituals. Apparently in both instances no one incurs actual physical damage so therefore outside of the oddity of both rituals, it is of little concern or interest.
This whole ritual sounds like a Monty Python skit;
"I'm not unconscious yet."
"Shhh! You will be soon, so be quiet."
Right.
What morons...
When will conscious humans wake up and realize this type of stuff is totally worthless and useless...
Do you not see that although the method may be somewhat different in the two rituals, the underlying form is the same? From an outsiders perspective the only thing that is of concern here is whether someone is harmed in the ritual, as in the case of some satanic rituals. Apparently in both instances no one incurs actual physical damage so therefore outside of the oddity of both rituals, it is of little concern or interest.
Your example is so broad that it would work as well in the instance of paying Social Security taxes.
How so? Can you be more specific?
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