Dear Editor,
On Monday last, devotees of the Radha Krishna Mandir in Georgetown received, perhaps, one of the biggest surprises in their lives. Upon entering the place of worship, they discovered that the several representations of their Goddesses Mother Durga, Mother Sarswattie and Mother Lakshmi were bringing forth sindoor. The powdery substance was noticed on the statue’s forehead and cheeks. Since then, the statue has been attracting hundreds from all across Guyana, who have anxiously travelled to Georgetown to witness the ‘miracle’ first hand.
Later that week, reports began emanating out of Blairmont on the West Bank of Berbice and the Corentyne, that similar happenings had taken place. In addition, the statues at the Shiv Shakti Temple at Blairmont reportedly cried as did the statues at Sand Reef Albion and other Corentyne mandirs.
The statues that are bringing forth this substance have brought over 20 media operatives from Trinidad. It is hoped that these journalists would do what they do best and clear up the occurrences over the past couple days, especially for the doubting Thomases. But when others have been attracted by this story, where are our very own local media in all of this?
It is noteworthy that the two widely read independent daily newspapers did not carry any report about the matter, nor has there been any credence given to it by other media houses, except, of course, by the Guyana Chronicle. The little known by very few sections of the population was due to the Chronicle’s report, the YouTube video on the internet and local religious programmes showing some video of the event.
Yours faithfully,
Leon Jameson Suseran
Editor’s note
We refer Mr Suseran to the Editor’s note attached to Pt Harry Nauth’s letter captioned ‘Why did SN not report miracle?’ in yesterday’s edition.
