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Obama to get Hanuman idol
Time of India ^ | 24 June 2008 | Editor

Posted on 06/25/2008 11:58:46 AM PDT by ShadowAce

NEW DELHI: With Democrat senator Barack Obama busy in the run-up to the US presidential polls, a group of well-wishers in the capital have decided to send him a symbol of his lucky charm, Lord Hanuman, to help him emerge victorious.

Obama's representative Carolyn Sauvage-Mar on Tuesday received a gold-plated two-feet-high idol which she will pass it on to the Obama after it is sanctified.

The idol is being presented to Obama as he is reported to be a Lord Hanuman devotee and carries with him a locket of the monkey god along with other good luck charms.

An hour-long prayer meeting to sanctify the idol was earlier organised at Sankat Mochan Dham and by Congress leader Brijmohan Bhama, Balmiki Samaj and the temple's priests.

"Obama has deep faith in Lord Hanuman and that is why we are presenting an idol of Hanuman to him," said Bhama.

Accepting the souvenir, Sauvage-Mar, who is chairperson of Democrats Abroad-India, said, "Obama has extended his thanks for the support."

However, questions on Obama's religious beliefs elicited just a smile from Sauvage-Mar, apparently to avoid controversy back home where the Democrat senator is pitted against the Republican Party's John McCain in the Presidential polls.

The idol will be kept at the temple for 11 more days and then sent to US.

"We will perform the prayers for 11 days and then hand the idol to Carolyn who will send it to Obama," said the temple priest.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: duplicate; hussein; monkeygod; monkeyworhip; obama; unbelievable

1 posted on 06/25/2008 11:58:49 AM PDT by ShadowAce
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To: ShadowAce

You mean to tell me that Chancellor-select Obama worships a MONKEY god?

This keeps getting better and better.


2 posted on 06/25/2008 12:02:01 PM PDT by WayneS (And now I shall return to my hovel and cling to my guns - but only until it is time to go to Church)
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To: ShadowAce
I had to Google 'Lord Hanuman' and found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman Hanuman (Sanskrit: हनुमत् Hanumat; nominative singular हनुमान् Hanumān), known also as 'Anjaneya' (son of Anjana), is one of the most popular Gods in Hinduism and one of the most important personalities in the Indian epic, the Ramayana. His most famous feat, as described in the Hindu epic scripture the Ramayana, was leading a monkey army to fight the demon King Ravana and rescue a kidnapped princess. A 17th century painting depicting Hanuman worshiping Lord Rama and his wife Sita. Lakshmana is also seen in this painting from Smithsonian Institution collection.
hmmm...
3 posted on 06/25/2008 12:04:46 PM PDT by xDGx
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To: WayneS
You mean to tell me that Chancellor-select Obama worships a MONKEY god?

It kinda calls into question his claim of being Christian, doesn't it?

4 posted on 06/25/2008 12:04:46 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: WayneS

Would the Rev. Wright approve of this?


5 posted on 06/25/2008 12:07:16 PM PDT by unkus
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To: ShadowAce
Obama as he is reported to be a Lord Hanuman devotee and carries with him a locket of the monkey god along with other good luck charms.

But other than that, he's is a "committed Christian."

6 posted on 06/25/2008 12:07:16 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (The road to hell is paved with the stones of pragmatism.)
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7 posted on 06/25/2008 12:08:55 PM PDT by T. Buzzard Trueblood ("a wee bit silly." -Lord Trimble on Hillary Clinton's claim of foreign policy "experience".)
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To: ElkGroveDan
But other than that, he's is a "committed Christian."

That was my first thought as well....

8 posted on 06/25/2008 12:08:55 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce
Monkey see ... monkey do.


I'm starting to think an asteroid hit, or a super volcano blast will be a relief.

9 posted on 06/25/2008 12:10:30 PM PDT by G.Mason (Duty, Honor, Country)
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