Guest guest Posted August 23, 2002 Report Share Posted August 23, 2002 Greetings Prainbrow Welcome back. Dont have to apologise for not posting. Dont worry we will not kick you out !!! LOL. Just teasing. About the news article. NO I dont think so that I have seen this news. LEt me read on it further. Thanks once again Om ParaShaktiye Namaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2002 Report Share Posted August 23, 2002 This is another version to the story http://www.indian-express.com/full_story.php?content_id=8068 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2002 Report Share Posted August 23, 2002 This is another version to the story http://www.sunnt.com/news/regional/tamilnadu/tamilnadu.asp?id=7517 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2002 Report Share Posted August 23, 2002 Hello Prainbow, I am not sure if we should be calling it a hindu ritual. Hinduism has absorbed a lot of things and at places there can at times be no comparison. It could for all we know be a local custom of that place. People generally worship as they please. My suspicion is that generally in villages and small towns, the mother or goddess as you call is called Maariyamman. This is something I have noticed in almost all rural areas in Tamil Nadu and Southern Karnataka. They will have a local temple and even call it the temple of the village or town goddess in the local language its Ooru devathe. If asked for the name it will be maariyamma. Some towns and villages will call their gods maariyamma and will also have a seperate name for the goddess. Regarding the BBC report, I guess we should not worry unless its a really bad incidence of harm. If there were to be harm or casualities, neither the NGOs nor the police would keep quite. My suspicion about the BBC report is that its novelty/curiosity + suspicion + complex that makes such media take a pathetic view of things. There are a lot of customs though in the Southern India and in Srilanka that are quite harmful, for instance one is piercing the body with metals and at times walking on the fire. But these are supposed to be managed in such a way that the participant will not feel pain and the funny thing is when I have noticed people with metals protruding in them, they neither show pain nor do they bleed. Which I found quite amazing. But still for an unprepared mind, watching it itself can be quite alarming. Anyway, thank you fr the link. Regards, Seshadri. - prainbow61 Friday, August 23, 2002 4:17 PM Has anyone seen this news article? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2209683.stm "Children buried in Hindu ritual "More than 100 children have undergone a brief burial in the southern ............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2002 Report Share Posted August 23, 2002 Thank You dksesh He is right Prainbrow, these are actually local village custom. Mariamman are the village goddess which are very prominent in the Southern region of India. There is an interesting article of which it gives you a detail discussion about some of these practices : Promises made to Goddesses : Woman's Boon and Men's Fear by William Harman. OM ParaShaktiye Namaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2002 Report Share Posted August 23, 2002 Hello: All I read the article from the URL given and didn't see much difference in the this practice than Christian parents having their older children baptized within the manner of what is called total immersion --- since to the uninitiated this practice would appear to be no different from attempting to drown a child by water. I would suppose the same desired effect concerning over coming the fear of death, symbolically, is the key to this practice such as baptism is to most Christian sects. So it is a local religious ritual that holds deep meaning for these families. It is sad that a big thing was made by it and this bringing this practice into question. I have not seen any articles on the fear of mass drownings by Christian groups when meetings are conducted on the shore of a river or lake for the purpose of initiation into these religious sects. I would think a much more worthy focus on traditions and rituals should be placed upon the plight of women in India and else where, within religious, marriage status and caste standings. Practices that are at the least would be described as more than a mere curiosity; as to their results upon the women they harm and discriminate against. Just an impression on this article. Thanks for the article! with palms together Jai Maa!! Yeshe , "thegoddessisinme2002" <ashwini_puralasamy> wrote: > Thank You dksesh > > He is right Prainbrow, these are actually local village custom. > Mariamman are the village goddess which are very prominent in the > Southern region of India. There is an interesting article of which > it gives you a detail discussion about some of these practices : > > Promises made to Goddesses : Woman's Boon and Men's Fear by William > Harman. > > OM ParaShaktiye Namaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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