New Delhi, Aug 20: After the crowd turnout at Mumbai's Mahim locality to taste "sweet" water of the Arabian Sea, thousands of people tonight 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.
Bureau Report
First Published: Sunday, August 20, 2006, 00:00