BELOGIVIVI: A week ago, Laxamma Ainapur went to the Santubai Temple and the word immediately spread in the village that the god “opened her eyes to fight Coronavirus.
Laxamma has stood outside the temple, thronging many people, in Kagawad Taluk, but he sees it clearly like the day: Idol has a pair of eyes, under embedded and they are open, uncontrollable.
From June 23, hundreds of worshipers rushed to the temple in the village of Ainapur to see the scene.
Images, arrested on cellphones and circulating far and wide on social media and chat groups, drawing more worshipers.
“When the limiting locked loose, I went to the temple and found that Devi had opened his eyes.
I saw this from outside the temple when the door was locked.
I told the villagers about it too.
Then, Imam and the villagers said Santubai had opened his eyes for Watch Coronavirus from our village, “Laxamma said.
Many offer Puja and leave large offerings of food, seeds, oil and money, believe that Darshan will bring good luck in life and business, exposed to a pandemic.
The other is even maintained that visiting Dewa will protect them from Covid-19 and other serious diseases.
But while the crowd surged, Kagawad Tahsildar Pramila Deshpande kissed a mouse.
“About 3-4 days after the spread of words called a miracle, I told local officials to see this problem,” Dishpande said.
“Even though some people believe that the miracle was man-made, Imam, Chandru Kamble, and the villagers were sure that Dewi had opened her eyes.
So I visited the temple and opened the door.
We found the eyes and eyebrows were plastic stickers, nothing else.” Deshpande Warn the priests and members of the Gram Panchayat by spreading rumors and superstition.
“I made the priest remove the sticker.
He said it was the work of criminals and not a priest who worked at the temple,” Dishpande said.