Where gold and silver locks are key to prayers

KANPUR – Flowers, fruits and incense sticks are not quite what devotees bring to a temple in Kanpur. To appease the deity, they make an offering of locks made of gold, silver and other precious metals.

This unusual way of worship has become a tradition at the Kali Mata temple in the Bangali Mohaal area of …. Source  : Where gold and silver locks are key to prayers.

Activists protest Muslim cleric’s sexist remark

NEW DELHI – Women activists Saturday staged a demonstration against a cleric who spoke against Muslim women’s participation in politics.

Around 30 activists, mostly from the Muslim community, as well as filmmaker Gauhar Raza and lyricist Javed Akhtar gathered at the Jantar Mantar observatory to protest comments made by Lucknow-based Muslim cleric Kalbe Jawad regarding women’s …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Activists protest Muslim cleric’s sexist remark.

Togadia released after trying to enter Kandhamal

BHUBANESWAR – Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia, who was arrested late Friday for attempting to enter Orissa’s Kandhamal district, was released early Saturday, police said.

Togadia was stopped at Charichhak in Boudh district as he tried to head to Kandhamal, which had witnessed large-scale communal violence last year, despite a ban imposed by the … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Togadia released after trying to enter Kandhamal.