Like many pagan societies, human sacrifice has been and still a practice among Hindu's. The belief of Kali and Shaki, the dark deities of violence, have been major influencers in human sacrifice including child sacrifice. I was horrified to learn that children were sacrificed to these goddesses in the past and in present times!! Dozens of kids are reported to have been sacrificed to this deity!
Kali sacrifice ritual: "O man, through my good fortune thou hast appeared as a victim; therefore I salute thee ... I shall slaughter thee to-day, and slaughter as a sacrifice is no murder." Thus meditating on the human-formed victim, a flower should be thrown on top of its head with the mantra: "Om, Aim, Hriuh, Sriuh." Then, thinking of one's own wishes, and referring to the Goddess, water should be sprinkled on the victim. Thereafter, the sword should be sprinkled on the victim. Thereafter, the sword should be consecrated with the mantra: "O sword, thou art the tongue of Chandika" ... The sword, having thus been consecrated, should be taken up while repeating the mantra: "Am hum phat," and the excellent victim slaughtered with it. 1972 a leader in Maharashtra state- in order to find a treasure - offered blood from I I virgin girls to Manja. Some time ago, two brothers named Siddharth and Ravi asked their 21 year old sister Shobha to take a bath and come for prayers to a nearby temple in Kerala State. To her horror, the brothers pierced her with a sword and iron rods chanting mantras. Withering in pain, she begged for pity, but she was cut to pieces and her body burned bit by bit. The brothers had done it to unearth a hidden treasure. At first they tried to find another victim but when they failed to find another virgin girl, they sacrificed their own sister. Only Brahmin children are exempted by the Vedas from human sacrifice. 2006 dozens of children sacrificed! http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/mar/05/india.theobserver "A recent report by United Press trust of India (UPI) stated that during the past three years more than 2,500 young boys and girls were sacrificed to goddess Kali in India. Another of AFP's recent reports say: hundreds of young boys and virgin girls are sacrificed every month for the deity Kali. In one case Rama Sewak hacked his eight year old son to death in broad daylight in Dehii because goddess Kali had told him he would come back to life and bring him good fortune." Supported by religious texts!! "Let the head and blood of a human victim be presented on the right side of Devi (Kali), and the sacrificer address her standing in front. Let the head and blood of birds be presented on the left and the blood of a person's own body in front. Let the ambrosia proceeding from the heads of carnivorous animals and birds be presented on the left hand as also the blood of all aquatic animals." -- [Kali Purana, Rudhir Adhyaya -Chapter of blood-] 2.2 Karpuradistotra "O dark one, wondrous and excelling in every way, becomes the accomplishment of those worshippers who living in this world freely make offering to Thee in worship of the greatly satisfying flesh, together with hair and bones, of cats, camels, sheep, buffaloes, goats and men." -- [Karpuradistotra Verse 19] Yajur Veda 30 Inspire, O Vivifier God, the sacrifice, inspire the lord of the sacrifice to take his share! We call upon the Lord, distributor of wonderful bounty, the One who looks upon men. I bind to the stake in form of a token: ... for Strength a servant, ... for Pastime a prostitute, for Lust a woman with a spotty skin, ... Now he binds to the stake the following eight types of men: one too tall one too short; one too stout one too thin; one too pale one too dark; one too bald one too hairy; all to be offered to Prajapati. -- [Yajur Veda 30:1-22] See also: The Gayatri mantra (RV III, 62, 10); Rig-Veda 5:82,5 (§ IV 8). Harper's Dictionary (Comment) Harper's Dictionary of Hinduism notes that there is a connection in practice between the rituals of the horse-sacrifice and that it may have been the model for the human sacrifices within Hinduism. It is not clear, however which form is the earlier model and it could equally be the other way around or it may be that both rituals are merely variations of an even earlier theme. Other Barbarism inspired by Kali and Shaki! The Britannica Encyclopedia (2005 edition) 3.12) recounts how the "Binderwurs of central India ate their sick and aged in the belief that the act was pleasing to their goddess, Kali." Cannibalism may also have been common among followers of the Shaktism cults in India. [28] 3.13 Kali and the Thuggee In India, ... people offered lives to village goddesses, and followers of Kali sacrificed a male child every Friday evening. ... Members of India's Thuggee sect strangled people as sacrifices to appease the bloodthirsty goddess Kali, a practice beginning in the 1500s. The number of victims has been estimated to be as high as 2 million. Thugs were claiming about 20,000 lives a year in the 1800s until British rulers stamped them out. At a trial in 1840, one Thug was accused of killing 931 people. Today, some Hindu priests still sacrifice goats to Kali. [29] 3.14 Kali Sacrifice (Combined Comment) Even one [human] sacrifice to the bloodiest goddess in the Hindu pantheon, Kali, would keep the goddess happy for a thousand years. [30] This would not prevent her worshippers from attempting to make her very happy, ... [31] also according to Spencer the Hindu goddess Kali demanded human sacrifice. [31a] 3.16 Child sacrifice In India, child sacrifice was practiced to the goddess Kali. [33] 3.20 India Kali worship Kali was the goddess of death and darkness, demanded human flesh. From ancient times, the sacred scriptures of the Hindus, the Vedas, spoke of the desire of the gods for human sacrifice: "The sacrificer will sacrifice a man first for man is the first of all animals. Thus he slaughters the victim according to its form and according to its excellence" (Shatapata Veda).
