KidRocks
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Don't believe it for a moment that the purification was because of the dogs, no my friends, it is because of President Bush's visit to the sacred shrine that the Hindu priests saw it necessary to purify the tainted site. Of course it's my humble opinion but you people know I'm probably right.
Gandhi's great grandson, Tushar Gandhi, who called the incident a "national shame," probably ordered the cleansing. Many Hindu's and Indians objected to Bush's visit because of his invasion of and attack on Iraq.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu priests who look after the memorial of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi conducted a purification ceremony at the shrine after a visit from President Bush. But it wasn't the president who offended them, it was the sniffer-dogs who scoured the area ahead of his visit.
After the dog visit, the memorial was cleansed with water brought from the Ganges river, which Hindus consider holy, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported Sunday.
Bush visited the memorial on Thursday during his three day visit to India. The site, where pacifist icon Gandhi was cremated, is considered sacred and all visitors, including Bush and his wife Laura, removed their shoes before going in...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-05-shrine-cleaning_x.htm
Gandhi's great grandson, Tushar Gandhi, who called the incident a "national shame," probably ordered the cleansing. Many Hindu's and Indians objected to Bush's visit because of his invasion of and attack on Iraq.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu priests who look after the memorial of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi conducted a purification ceremony at the shrine after a visit from President Bush. But it wasn't the president who offended them, it was the sniffer-dogs who scoured the area ahead of his visit.
After the dog visit, the memorial was cleansed with water brought from the Ganges river, which Hindus consider holy, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported Sunday.
Bush visited the memorial on Thursday during his three day visit to India. The site, where pacifist icon Gandhi was cremated, is considered sacred and all visitors, including Bush and his wife Laura, removed their shoes before going in...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-05-shrine-cleaning_x.htm