Re: Pat Robertson and Haita
namaste.
The tsunami struck the Indian coast on 26th Dec 2004, at the time when the Vatican was celebrating Christmas. One of the worst affected areas was the VelAnkaNNi church in Tamilnadu where around 3,000 Christians were supposed to have either died or been missing. No Hindu temple was affected, including the Murugan temple at Tiruchendur which is at the seashore level and the sea heavily withdrew earlier in this area. Many Hindus also felt the tsunami to be God's retribution to the Christians who were perceived to be behind the arrest of KAnchi ShankarAchArya HH Jayendra Sarasvati. Of course it was Jayalalita who was the then CM of Tamilnadu who initiated the arrest but then it happened in Hyderabad and the Andhra CM Y.Samuel Reddy did nothing dharmic about it. It was also felt that the Italian lady Sonio Maino and the Vatican were behind the arrest, in a bid to tarnish the image of the ShankarAchArya who was the popular spiritual counsellor of the previous VAjpAyee government. In the TN Assembly electiions that succeeded the haughty CM JJ lost her power and has not so far been able to raise her head, even in small bye elections. Whereas the reverence and fame of the ShankarAchArya has remained constant despite the foisted cases.
When the likes of PR point a finger at the Hindus, they hardly know that three of their own fingers are pointing towards them!
रत्नाकरधौतपदां हिमालयकिरीटिनीम् ।
ब्रह्मराजर्षिररत्नाढ्यां वन्दे भारतमातरम् ॥
To her whose feet are washed by the ocean, who wears the Himalayas as her crown, and is adorned with the gems of rishis and kings, to Mother India, do I bow down in respect.
--viShNu purANam
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