Kali - Goddess Of Violence

A recent report by United Press trust of India (UPI) stated that during the past three years more than 2500 young boys and girls were sacrificed to goddess Kali in India. Another of AFP's recent report say: hundreds of young boys and virgin girls are sacrificed every month for the deity Kali. In one case Rama Sewak hacked his eight year old son to death in broad daylight in Delhi because goddess Kali had told him he would come back to life and bring him good fortune. Bloodthirsty Kali is worshipped openly the lenght and breadth of India.Kali's statue stands naked astride the inanimate body of the Hindu deity Shiv, tongue stuck out with blood dripping blood from fang-like teeth. She holds a noose, a skull-topped staff, a blood ecrusted  sword and a severed head. She is also known as Durga Devi, Shaktima, Uma & Parvathi in other manisfestations.

The priest of Delhi, Kali Bari, says that a child sacrificed to Kali ensures man the birth of a son. Human sacrifices are also made to these gods or goddesses, either to appease them or to ask favours of them.

Bihar's police chief J.Sahay said: "We have tried our best to curb human sacrifices, but what can an agency do when an entire village chooses a victim and cuts off his head with his parent's consent". Bihar's famous lawyer, Umkant Chaturvedi, said that "Human sacrifice under our law is treated as murder, but the killer - never found - is always the local high priest". He continues, "at times the local policemen are reluctant to take action because of the inbred fear of the gods and goddesses".

A famous human sacrifice occured in 1972 when a powerful leader in Maharashtra state - in order to find a treasure - offered blood from 11 virgin girls from Manja. He did not find the treasure, but four persons were hanged for the crime and the main culprit escaped because of his political influence.

Sometimes ago, two brothers named Siddarth and Ravi asked their 21 year old sister Shobha to take a bath and come for prayers to a nearby temple in Kerala State. To her horror, the brothers pierced her with a sword and iron rods chanting mantras. Withering in pain, she begged for pity, but she was cut to pieces and her body burnded bit by bit. The brothers had done it to unearth a hidden treasure. At first they tried to find another victim but when they failed to find another virgin girl, they sacrificed their own sister.

Only Brahmin children are exempted by the Vedas from human sacrifice.