1. Ganesha Drinking Milk Again, in Africa> http://www.mmegi.bw/2003/November/Monday10/20243234790.html> > BOTSWANA, AFRICA, November 9, 2003: As they went around the shrine, > devotees whispered an invocation, prostrated to Lord Ganesha, poured > milk into a spoon and placed it over His mouth. The milk disappeared. > This was the scene at Maruapula Temple last Thursday when members of > the Botswana Hindu Society in Gaborone went to feed milk to Ganesha, > reports this article. The priest Subramaniam termed it a "miracle." > People joined their Hindu friends to witness the event. "I came to see > the God that drinks milk," said a British woman who preferred not to > give her name. Among those who came to witness were ever-skeptical > journalists. "Whatever is happening here? The milk just disappeared!" > one of them exclaimed after Ganesha drank the spoonful of milk he > offered. Subramaniam told a reporter he received a telephone call from > India reporting a "miracle unravelling." The Hindu community started to > light candles and lamps around the shrine, and fed milk to Ganesha. "It > is happening all over the world. Lord Ganesha is drinking milk. You can > go in and say your wish," Subramaniam told curious non-Hindu > spectators.> > The last time Ganesha was observed drinking milk was in 1996. Millions > of people offered milk at temples and homes and the milk disappeared > upon being offered, according to many credible witnesses at the time. > This one report from Botswana is all that HPI has received about the > current miracle.>