India: Mars is Making a Hostile Move
19-Aug-2003
On August 27, Mars will be closer to Earth than it has been
since prehistoric times. To scientists, this is a chance to send
satellites into space to take pictures of the planet. To Hindu
priests in India, it means doomsday, because Mars,
or "Mangal," the planet of war in Hindu scriptures, is
associated with fire. "Mars will bring terrible bloodshed, riots,
epidemics and lawlessness upon mankind," says temple priest
Lakshmi Narayan Shastri.
In the Indo-Asian News Service, Deepshikha Ghosh quotes
Shastri as saying, "We are performing the Mahamrityunjaya
Jap?prayers prescribed to ward against sudden death?and
the Mangal Jap against the fear of fire. [But] what is the use
of panicking? What will happen will happen, and no power on
Earth can stop it. Death is the final truth."
Indian astrologer Lachchman Das Madan says, "Planetary
configurations are likely to become quite hostile to the world
from July 29. Earthquakes and other phenomena are likely to
cause heavy loss of life." Interestingly enough, scientists are
predicting heavy earthquake activity as well.
Just remember:
There's no such thing as Doomsday.
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