Dalits enter Shiva temple for first time in 900 years

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The following story below is something that should happen more often,

and in more places. This endeavor to establish clear relations and unity

between castes is not a far fetched idea, but should be an example for all to follow.

Divisions between castes does nothing for those who practice Sanatana-dharma,

nor for the future and expansion of Vedic culture.

Everyone should be welcome to the temples, as we hear about here.

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Dalits enter Shiva temple for first time in 900 yearsAuthor: Subhashish MohantyPublication: DNADecember 4, 2009URL: http://www.dnaindia .com/india/ report_dalits- enter-shiva- temple-for- first-time- in-900-years_ 1319864The Dalits of Kisinapur village in Cuttack district took a big

step on Wednesday. They walked inside the 900-year-old

Chhateswar temple in their village, which has been out of bounds for them, and offered prayers to Lord Shiva. They were received at the temple gate by the priests and served 'prasad'.All these centuries, Dalits had been barred from entering the famous temple, and nobody had even thought of defying the ban. "It was the greatest day of my life. I had never dreamt of offering puja to the deity," said 49-year-old Sabita Mallick.She and hundreds of other Dalits organised under the Rastriya Yuva Sangathan, which undertook the padayatra to mark the 75th year of Mahatma Gandhi's march against untouchability in 1939.The padayatra began from Bairee in Jajpur on November 30 and ended at Kisinapur.

The

procession passed through Chattia, Champapur ashram, Lekhapur, Rameshawar, Gopinathpur and Satyabhamapur.Dr Biswajit Ray, spokesperson, Rastriya Yuva Sangathan, said the Dalits felt good about this gesture from Brahmins. "There was no palpable tension. Both sections of society exchanged pleasantries on the occasion," he said. Later, the villagers dined together in a grand community feast organised on the occasion.The programme had been planned to build a bridge between Dalits and the upper castes. And that's exactly what happened.

 

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Lord_Shiva , Rahul <bruntno1 wrote:

>

>

> Good Day Brothers and Sisters,

> Its Monday, 11th January 2010

>

>

> Our

> World - Our Village

>

>

> (News from around the world )

>

>   

> A bit of information from Stephen Knapp,

>

> But a positive developement nevertheless

>

> News cannot always be negative you know

>

>

>  

> Namaste,

>     The following story below is something that should happen more often,

>

> and in more places. This endeavor to establish clear relations and unity

>

> between castes is not a far fetched idea, but should be an example for all to

follow.

>

>  Divisions between castes does nothing for those who practice Sanatana-dharma,

>

> nor for the future and expansion of Vedic culture.

>

>

> Everyone should be welcome to the temples, as we hear about here.

>     Hari Om,

>     Stephen Knapp

>  

> Dalits enter Shiva temple for first time in 900 years

> Author: Subhashish Mohanty

> Publication: DNA

> December 4, 2009

> URL:

> http://www.dnaindia .com/india/ report_dalits- enter-shiva- temple-for-

first-time- in-900-years_ 1319864

>

> The Dalits of Kisinapur village in Cuttack district took a big

> step on

> Wednesday. They walked inside the 900-year-old

> Chhateswar temple in

> their village, which has been out of bounds for them, and offered

> prayers to Lord Shiva. They were received at the temple gate by the

> priests and served 'prasad'.

>

> All these centuries, Dalits had been barred from entering the famous

> temple, and nobody had even thought of defying the ban. " It was the

> greatest day of my life. I had never dreamt of offering puja to the

> deity, " said 49-year-old Sabita Mallick.

>

> She and hundreds of other Dalits organised under the Rastriya Yuva

> Sangathan, which undertook the padayatra to mark the 75th year of

> Mahatma Gandhi's march against untouchability in 1939.

>

> The padayatra began from Bairee in Jajpur on November 30 and ended at

> Kisinapur.

> The

> procession passed through Chattia, Champapur ashram,

> Lekhapur, Rameshawar, Gopinathpur and Satyabhamapur.

>

> Dr Biswajit Ray, spokesperson, Rastriya Yuva Sangathan, said the Dalits

> felt good about this gesture from Brahmins. " There was no palpable

> tension. Both sections of society exchanged pleasantries on the

> occasion, " he said. Later, the villagers dined together in a grand

> community feast organised on the occasion.

>

> The programme had been planned to build a bridge between Dalits and the

> upper castes. And that's exactly what happened.

>  

>

>

> posted by " srinandan (AT) aol (DOT) com " srinandan (AT) aol (DOT) com

> in the StephenKnappNewsLis t  

>

>

Finally, some sense being talked here .. --------- --------- ---------

--------- --------

>

> Your  comments and feedbacks always welcome .. Rahul,

>

> at Cybugle as well as at bruntno1

>

> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- ----

>  

> Working for God on earth does not pay much,    

> but His Retirement plan is out of this world.

> Help someone have a nice day,

> visit www.thehungersite. com

>  

> With best wishes,

>  

>

>

>

>

> Love you all

>

> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~

> Feel free to forward this post in its entirety

> without changing the credits

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~

>