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In a Hindu home, when devotees want to be happy, when the family wants to be happy, it cannot come without unity. The whole un...

AUSTRALIA, April 6, 2007: In 1976 Carl Belle began his personal journey with Lord Muruga when he was posted to Malaysia by the Australian government. To assist him with his job working with students he undertook a study of Malaysia's religious and visited a number of religious and cultural festivals.

PANAJI, GOA, INDIA, April 4, 207: A large contingent of police force has been mobilized after suspected miscreants vandalized two temples in Savordem, about 70 kilometers from here. On Tuesday night, two temples were vandalised, which created tension in the area. The news of Deity vandalization spread like wildfire and people gathered at the gate and blocked the road with stones. Police officials rushed to spot and brought the situation under control. Police said Deities of Lord Ganesha were broken and the tiles and walls inside the temples were damaged completely in Savordem. The two temples are more than 500 years old and were reconstructed just one month ago. "Devotees had performed prayers on Monday night, and everything was okay till then. Two temples were vandalized after that. I do not suspect anyone in particular," said Rajendra Sawant Desai, chairman of a temple.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, March 3, 2007: In one of world's biggest devotional congregations of women, thousands performed the Pongal ritual at the famous Attukal Devi temple in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. The entire city became a virtual sea of women when, cutting across caste, class and even religious barriers, women converged to cook the prasadam of rice and jaggery in fresh earthen pots on make-shift hearths, seeking the blessing of the presiding Goddess of the shrine.

Hailed as the women's Sabarimala, the Pongal has even made it to the Guinness Book of Records as a religious event that attracts the largest number of women on a single day. Devotees waited on city roads, streets and by-lanes hours before the ritual began at 10:45 am, when the holy hearth near the temple was lit by the chief priest. Within seconds, the fire exchanged hands and thousands of hearths were lit, making the rice-filled pots bubble and boil over.