Tag: shrine

25 DEC

WATCH Hundreds of men prevent two women from reaching shrine of celibate Hindu deity

Indian police were forced to intervene when a massive crowd of male pilgrims tried to prevent two women of menstruating age from reaching one of Hinduism’s holiest sites, contrary to tradition. Two female pilgrims in their mid-40s took on a hostile horde of men on Monday as they tried to make the journey to the […]

02 APR

A Pakistan shrine caretaker murdered 20 devotees in an apparent cult ritual

AP Photo/M.I. Haq MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — The custodian of a local shrine and his accomplices murdered 20 devotees after intoxicating them in eastern Punjab province, police said Sunday, in what officials are calling a cult ritual. Senior police officer Mohammad Bilal said that the shrine custodian in a village near the city of Sargodha, […]

02 APR

Shrine custodian drugs and slashes 20 worshippers in Pakistan

Published time: 2 Apr, 2017 09:02 A shrine custodian and his four suspected accomplices were arrested after a grisly rampage which left at least 20 people dead and several injured. The gruesome incident took place at a shrine in the city of Sargodha in Pakistan on Saturday night. The shrine’s custodian, believed to be a […]