NEW DELHII, INDIA, August 24, 2006: Thousands of people tonight thronged temples across Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab to watch Deities of Goddess Durga and God Siva drinking milk offered to them by devotees. In a rerun of similar incidents claimed to have taken place across the country in 1995, a large number of people queued up outside temples in Mathura and nearby holy cities of Vrindavan and Govardhan in UP, Vadodara in Gujarat and Kurukshetra in Haryana and Ludhiana in Punjab following claims that the Deities are taking milk offered to them. “A cup of milk was offered to Durgaji in Rama Nand Ashram Goverdhan this evening and she was not only pleased but has drank all. It is a good omen and the future of the country is bright,” noted Saint Mahamandaleshwar Krishna Das Kanchan Maharaj said in Mathura. (HPI note: The 1995 “Milk Miracle” in which Lord Ganesha consumed milk was witnessed by thousands of devotees in countries around the world, as well as video-taped.)
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