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Obama to Skip Sikh Shrine on Visit to India
NYT ^ | 19 Oct 2010 | Lydia Polgreen

Posted on 10/19/2010 10:28:15 AM PDT by smokingfrog

NEW DELHI — The Golden Temple, a sprawling and serene complex of gleaming gold and polished marble that is the spiritual center of the Sikh religion, is one of India’s most popular tourist attractions. Revered by Indians of all faiths, it is a cherished emblem of India’s religious diversity. So it was no surprise when the gold-plated marvel was touted as the likely third stop on President Obama’s visit to India, scheduled for early November.

But the United States has ruled out a Golden Temple visit, according to an American official involved in planning. Temple officials said that American advance teams had gone to Amritsar, the holy city where the temple is located, to discuss a possible visit. But the plan appears to have foundered on the thorny question of how Mr. Obama would cover his head, as Sikh tradition requires, while visiting the temple.

“To come to golden temple he needs to cover his head,” said Dalmegh Singh, secretary of the committee that runs the temple. “That is our tradition. It is their problem to cover the head with a Christian hat or a Muslim cap.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amritsar; golden; goldentemple; imamobama; india; indian; obama; obamaindiatrip; shrine; sikh; sikhism; skip; temple; visit
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To: fullchroma

A fool’s cap..he is a vicious fool..


41 posted on 10/19/2010 11:45:05 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: F15Eagle
What was the origin of the monkey-god Obama carried in his pocket for "good luck"?

"Lord Hanuman" the monkey god. The Hindu (false) deity.


42 posted on 10/19/2010 12:02:10 PM PDT by 444Flyer (We are the end of the line.)
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To: F15Eagle

LOL!

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These words are part of the monkey idol Hanuman legend.

“You are as powerful as the wind (Hanumanji was the son of Pawan, god of wind);

You are intelligent, illustrious & an inventor.

There is nothing in this world that’s too difficult for you;

Whenever stuck, you are the one who can help.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman

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That “wind” reference related to Hanuman is interesting isn’t it? Based on who ‘the prince of the power of the air’ is.

It gives the greatest hint to who Obama is really serving.


44 posted on 10/19/2010 12:20:43 PM PDT by 444Flyer (We are the end of the line.)
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To: Padams

Yeah, ha ha.


45 posted on 10/19/2010 12:55:17 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: nickcarraway

They are Sikhs, not Moslems. He can bow to Moslems but he cannot show any respect for a non-Mohammedan religion. It would be blasphemy for him.


46 posted on 10/19/2010 3:53:17 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: nickcarraway

They are Sikhs, not Moslems. He can bow to Moslems but he cannot show any respect for a non-Mohammedan religion. It would be blasphemy for him.


47 posted on 10/19/2010 3:53:29 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: arthurus

I guess you didn’t read my post very well.


48 posted on 10/19/2010 4:00:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: smokingfrog

Sikh and tired of these overseas Obama escapades. They do NO GOOD, if anything they bring shame on the USA, like the phony, moronic bowing in Japan about a year ago.


49 posted on 10/19/2010 6:41:34 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (POST in your tagline if you've been able to get *5* or more friends/family to VOTE anti-Obama. I did)
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