2,000_Hindus_pray_for_world_peace_and_nation’s_well_being

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--- Nora <ashwini_puralasamy wrote:

> To the continuous chats of OM Sakthi, some 2,000

> devotees of the Mel

> Maruvathur Adi Parasakthi Sittar Peedam dressed in

> red lit 1,008

> sakthi lamps to pray for world peace and national

> prosperity at Batu

> Caves.

>

> Many devotees kept the flames at the 108 Yaagam

> burning while prayers

> were recited for about two-and-a-half hours

> yesterday.

>

> Organising committee chairman V. Thachnamurthi said

> this was the

> first time such a large number of devotees who had

> come from

> throughout the country were participating in the

> ceremony to pray for

> peace and prosperity.

>

> `We had organized a similar prayer on a smaller

> scale, with 54

> yaagam

> in Jalan Ipoh, seven years ago," he said, adding

> that the

> devotees

> were members of the Om Shakti Spiritual and

> Charitable Organisation.

>

> Thachnamurthi who is also the president, said the

> prayers were held

> to cleanse the negative feelings in people and also

> provide a

> prominent role for women to play in the spiritual

> enlightment of

> family members.

>

> "We want the women, who are leaders of the house, to

> participate

> and

> return home to educate their children and other

> family members on

> spiritual development.

>

> "This will help reduce social crimes amongst the

> Indian

> Community."

> He said, adding that the prayers were held on an

> auspicious day, at

> the Start of the nine-day Navarathri festival.

>

> Thachnamurthi said the organization had also worked

> with the

> Malaysian Hindu Sangam to distribute delicacies to

> inmates at the

> various prisons in the country for the past 10

> years.

>

> "We also visit old folks homes and provide services

> to the

> elderly

> regularly," he added

>

>

> The Star, Monday October 2002.

> Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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