02-14-2006, 08:38 AM
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so the "monkey god" that foreigners (western media) keep making fun of... is actually not vedic at all ?? they make it sound like its almost central to hinduism to worship monkeys, and judging by the ammount and fervour of hamumaan/bajrang bali worship, its tough to blame them.
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so the "monkey god" that foreigners (western media) keep making fun of... is actually not vedic at all ?? they make it sound like its almost central to hinduism to worship monkeys, and judging by the ammount and fervour of hamumaan/bajrang bali worship, its tough to blame them.