MUMBAI, INDIA, December 3, 2008:India Seeks Solace in Its Spiritual Life
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MUMBAI, INDIA, December 3, 2008: Neetu Natu’s husband, Siddharath, was at work in Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel last week when armed militants stormed the building. That he survived when hundreds didn’t was down to fate, she said. “He wouldn’t have been alive today had it not been for God. Incidents like these only make my faith in God stronger,” said Neetu, a regular at the Hindu Bhid Bhanjan Mahadev temple, a short walk from the Taj. As the firing started, Siddharath, a food and beverages manager at the luxury seafront hotel, closed the doors to the restaurant where guests were dining and escorted scores of people to safety.
As the city returns to normal under a cloud of grief and loss, the faithful are back in temples, mosques, churches and on the streets, lighting candles and praying for the victims and injured survivors. Schoolteacher Sheela Sinha said she lit an oil lamp at her home for the first time after such an attack.