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 Labour denounces desecration of Hanuman statue |  |
Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry has condemned outright the act of sacrilege committed on a Hanuman statue by a Lautoka pastor last week.
“It shows extreme religious intolerance in a society such as ours comprising a number of different religious and ethnic groups. It also showed stark disrespect to the memory of the man who had installed the statue,” Mr Chaudhry said.
The incident occurred at the Lauwaki settlement in Lautoka Thursday last week (23 September) at a house belonging to Ajnesh and Sheetal Kumar, a Christian family.
They had inherited the house from Sheetal’s father, Saten Narayan who passed away. The late Mr Narayan, a Hindu, was a Hanuman devotee who had personally carved the beautiful statue of the deity for his pooja sthan.
Ajnesh Kumar and his wife called Pastor Rajesh Gounder who was videoed brutally smashing the Hanuman statue to the horror of all those watching it.
Neighbours who used to pray at the Hanuman shrine were appalled at the brutality displayed by the Pastor towards a Hindu deity.
“Such horrific acts of desecration and sacrilege against another religion must be totally abhorred,” said Mr Chaudhry.
“How can we expect to live in harmony and tolerance with our neighbours if we do not respect their religious beliefs and show sensitivity to their feelings.
“If Ajnesh Kumar and his wife did not want the statue they could have given it away to one of the neighbours. They are both school teachers and one would expect them to show respect to people of different faiths,” Mr Chaudhry said.
#Images below are from video: the shrine is vaguely visible in the background
2. Loading the broken parts of the statue into the van to discard
“It shows extreme religious intolerance in a society such as ours comprising a number of different religious and ethnic groups. It also showed stark disrespect to the memory of the man who had installed the statue,” Mr Chaudhry said.
The incident occurred at the Lauwaki settlement in Lautoka Thursday last week (23 September) at a house belonging to Ajnesh and Sheetal Kumar, a Christian family.
They had inherited the house from Sheetal’s father, Saten Narayan who passed away. The late Mr Narayan, a Hindu, was a Hanuman devotee who had personally carved the beautiful statue of the deity for his pooja sthan.
Ajnesh Kumar and his wife called Pastor Rajesh Gounder who was videoed brutally smashing the Hanuman statue to the horror of all those watching it.
Neighbours who used to pray at the Hanuman shrine were appalled at the brutality displayed by the Pastor towards a Hindu deity.
“Such horrific acts of desecration and sacrilege against another religion must be totally abhorred,” said Mr Chaudhry.
“How can we expect to live in harmony and tolerance with our neighbours if we do not respect their religious beliefs and show sensitivity to their feelings.
“If Ajnesh Kumar and his wife did not want the statue they could have given it away to one of the neighbours. They are both school teachers and one would expect them to show respect to people of different faiths,” Mr Chaudhry said.
#Images below are from video: the shrine is vaguely visible in the background
2. Loading the broken parts of the statue into the van to discard
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