Interesting development in Rajasthan. Thought this news has to be shared. Wonder what the BJP is upto, since it looks like about to face a defeat in Rajasthan However as a note, Malaram Bishnoi is a formidable Bishnoi leader and his position is the most interesting (Bishnoi's are an intersting syncretic community based mostly in Rajasthan)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ajay bishnoi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 19 Jul 2008 16:24 Subject: vasundhra raje's temple To: Bobby Kunhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hello bobby read this RSS opposes Raje temple ASIANAGE 14 July, 2008 07:54:30 *By Narayan Bareth* Jaipur July 14: Even though the villagers are protesting against the building of a temple depicting Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje as goddess "May Kalyani" at Beru village in Jodhpur district, priest Hemant Bohra has refused to budge. But the RSS is unhappy with efforts to build the temple in the name of a human being. Mr Bohra said he had hired a sculptor to shape the four-foot-high idol of Ms Raje as a goddess riding a lion. As Mr Bohra claimed, the temple would be built on his own land. But the villagers say the land is owned by their Vishnoi community and has been used as a burial site for centuries. The Vishnois bury their dead and there are "samadhis" of their ancestors at the site. "We will not allow any temple here. Why has Mr Bohra decided to build a temple here," asks Malaram Vishnoi, a community leader. The police has asked both parties to maintain status quo. The ruling BJP has maintained a stoic silence but RSS spokesperson in Rajasthan Kanhaiya Lal Chaturvedi said, "No one would like to see a human being projected as a god or goddess." "It is a time of sycophancy in the polity of India. You can see Congressmen naming everything after the late Rajiv Gandhi, Lalu's life story was included in textbooks, and this is an expansion of the same trend," he added http://howrah. org/india_ news/18812. html<http://howrah.org/india_news/18812.html> -- Bobby Kunhu http://community.eldis.org/myshkin/Blog/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
