Toronto Temple Desecrated

[Guest guest]

Toronto Temple Desecrated, Meeting Called for February 24

Source: Press Release, Federation of Hindu Temples of Canada

 

TORONTO, CANADA, February 24, 2002. According to this report on

February

8th, 2002, the Gayatri Mandir of Toronto was vandalized. The sacred

statues

to which worship is dedicated were disfigured. The right hands on the

icons

of Lord Siva, Shri Hanuman, Devi Lakshmi and Devi Parvati were

chopped off.

The head of Mother Durga was also chopped off and the icon of Sri

Ganesha

was smashed against the walls of the temple. The vandals left

graffiti in

green paint on the walls with circles and various symbols. The

Federation of

Hindu Temples of Canada calls upon the mayor of Toronto, the chief of

police, political leaders, all faith communities and members of the

Canadian

community at large to join and pray with them and collectively

condemn such

outrageous acts Sunday February 24th, 2002 @ 2:00 PM @ Gayatri Mandir

located at 983 Dupont Street, Toronto (Dupont & Ossington). For

information

please contact: Nirvan Balkissoon at 905-814-1751 or 905-812-3028;

Pandit

Suraj Persad at 416-530-1899; Pandit Ganesh Persaud 416-537-7570

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

babaji, this is so disheartening!

 

i just returned after witnessing asuperb dance performance by

talented young artists in our community - all these dancers performed

non-stop from 2 pm to 8pm to raise funds for constructing the 'raja

gopuram' of the sree shiva vishnu temple!

 

in fact , one of the dancers performed a kuchipudi dance item

called 'simha-nandini' which portrayed mother durga as 'katyayani'!

i felt like mother durga herself was dancing before my eyes slaying

all the demonic tendncies of lust, anger, pride, false ego, greed,

arrogance, desires etc.... at the end of the dance, the danseuse drew

with her 2 feet a giant figure of maa durga's vahana (vehicle) SIMHA

(the great lion) on rice flour which was sprinkled on the dance

floor for just this purpose ! this was a fantastic feat .... can u

imagine drawing a figure of a lion on the rice flour just by using

your feet and dancing your way through it!!! such is devi's maya!

 

the point is on the one hand we have people working hard to build

something and on the other hand we have people working hard to

destroy something! what else can you call this except god's leela or

maya!!!

 

but really speaking can anyone chop off god's head or hands? god is

beyond all these....

 

jesus was crucified and he rose on the third day! so, new idols will

replace the ones that were mutiliated but who is going to save

these 'evil doers' (sorry did not mean to sound like BUSH NOW) from

the seeeds of their oown destruction that they have panted in their

own wily hearts?

 

 

love and peace!!!!