MIRACLE - WITNESSED
WASHINGTON POST
Maryland Witnesses Hindu God's Mysterious Thirst for Milk
From: The Washington Post Date: September 23, 1995 Author: Dan Beyers More results for: ganpati drinking milk | Copyright
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They came by the hundreds yesterday to a Hindu temple in rural Montgomery County to feed milk to a two-foot statue of an elephant- headed god named Ganesh.
And no matter how many skeptics tipped teaspoons of milk into his tiny trunk, Ganesh never seemed to have his fill.
"It's very difficult to explain, except to say it's a miracle," said Arvind Patel, the director of the 2,000-member temple
Shri Mangal Mandir, off New Hampshire Avenue near Sandy Spring.
Miracle or not, Patel said temple members first offered the idol a drink Thursday after they received calls from relatives in
India reporting that similar statues there had developed a taste for milk, a traditional offering.
THE HINDU
National
Country witnesses reports of milk miracle
New Delhi, Aug. 21 (PTI): After the crowd turnout at Mumbai's Mahim locality to taste "sweet" water of the Arabian Sea, thousands of people yesterday night thronged temples across Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab to watch deities of
Goddess Durga and God Shiva claimed to be drinking milk offered to them by devotees.
In a rerun of similar incidents claimed to have taken place across the country in 1995, a large number of people queued up outside temples in Mathura and nearby holy cities of Vrindavan and Govardhan in UP, Vadodara in Gujarat and Kurukshetra in
Haryana and Ludhiana in Punjab following claims that the deities are taking milk offered to them.
"A cup of milk was offered to Durga Ji in Rama Nand Ashram Goverdhan this evening and she was not only pleased but has drank all. It is a good omen and the future of the country is bright", noted saint Mahamandaleshwar Krishna Das Kanchan Maharaj said in Mathura.
Residents claimed that milk was being accepted by Shiva in Radha Ballabh temple and Kanak Bhavan temples of Govardhan, Gopeshwar temple in Mandi Ramdas area in Mathura and Gopalji in the temples in Gautam Para, Radha Niwas and Gopi Nath Bazar of Vrindaban.
Apart from long queues of devotees, eager to offer milk at different temples were seen in Mathura, Vrindaban and Goverdhan.
there are reports of deities accepting the offering at a few homes.
Hundreds of devotees rushed to Mata Sundri, an incarnation of Durga, temple in Kurukshetra and two to three Shiva temples in Ludhiana to watch deities taking milk there.
A Vadodara report said devotees turned at the temples in the town as also in Ahmedabad and several other parts of Gujarat following claims that Lord Ganesh and Krishna are drinking milk.
In Uttar Pradesh, it all started when a woman ran out of a Durga temple in Bareli claiming the Goddess has drank all the milk she offered.
The news spread like wildfire and soon hundreds of people thronged the temple.
Several temples were open till late into the night as devotees turned up in large number to watch the "miracle".
The Kalyani Devi temple in Allahabad was packed following claim that Durga deity there drank milk.
Similar reports came in from Kanpur, Jhansi, Fatehgarh and Moradabad.
Reports of deities taking milk also came in from Bhuj and Surat.
In Gujarat, devotees claimed that while clay idols of Ganesh and Krishna drank milk in some of the houses they are kept, deities made of metals, including copper, did not drink.
The country was flooded with reports from across the country on September 21, 1995, that idols of Ganesh drank milk.
A Patna report said several devotees turned up at a Durga temple there following claim that the idol was consuming milk.
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
Ganesh idols consuming milk
Express News Service
Panchkula, August 20: HUNDREDS of devotees today thronged the Kailashpati Dham Temple at Saketri village after the news of the idols of Lord Ganesh, Shiv and Parvati consuming milk spread like wildfire.
According to the priest at the temple, Pandit Amit Prashar, more than 200 devotees started to assemble at the temple after 8.30 pm when somebody at the temple noticed that the idols were consuming milk.
He said that somebody called him on the phone and told him that the idols were drinking milk. ‘‘I went to the temple and found that the idols were actually consuming milk. Then I informed other devotees and soon people started pouring in. This is not the first time that the idols of Lord Ganesha has consumed milk from the devotees. Earlier in 1992 and 1996 also the lord’s idols drank milk. We are also providing milk to the devotees.’’
According to reports other temples in the city also witnessed heavy rush of devotees.
In Chandigarh, more than 200 assembled at the Luxmi Narayan Temple in Sector 20. Similar scenes were also witnessed at Guga Bai Temple, Sector 20, and Sanatan Dharam Mandir in Sector 22. And ofcourse, as soon as the news spread, rehris selling milk started making a beeline wards various temples
HIGH BEAM RESEARCH
North Americans Also Tell of the Phenomenal Event
From: India Abroad Date: September 29, 1995 Author: Gune, Ramesh; Jain; Ajit Datta, Jyotirmoy More results for: ganpati drinking milk | Copyright information Provided by ProQuest LLC.
Ajit Datta, Jyotirmoy; Gune, Ramesh; Jain
India Abroad
09-29-1995
North Americans Also Tell of the Phenomenal Event.
NEW YORK - The sight of the idol of the elephant-headed god Ganesh drinking milk offerings was reported by Hindus from diverse places in North America on Sept. 21. Dr. Uma Mysorekar, president of the Hindu Temple in Flushing, New York, described it as worldwide phenomenon, not just restricted to India. She said she had received reports confirming the "miracle" internationally.
In Jersey City the crowd was so big at the temple that police aid was sought to direct the traffic. In some places, however, the phenomenon was noticed only for a day and the idol stopped drinking from ...
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