Animal sacrifice in Durga puja strikes no less shock and anger among many organizations and individuals across the state.
Dozens of buffalos and goats are being sacrificed in many temples in the name of Durga puja from Tuesday. A glimpse of the buffalos, goats, ducks and pigeons being kept for sacrifice at the historic Kamakhya temple premises really shocks the animal lovers. Same it is in many places where the same shocking tradition is allowed in Durga Puja.
“We are helpless. We have been dead opposed to the tradition of animal sacrifice. But the organizers have been refusing to read our campaign. This is a matter of grave concern,” said Shailen Saikia from Sivasagar district who has been campaigning againstanimal sacrifice.
Juli Chutia from Kakojan area in Jorhat told Assam Times that the people must understand the reality. “The things have undergone a sea change now. Everywhere change reigns supreme. But we don’t understand why we are still stick to this tradition. Our minds need to be changed.”
“It would take time to end the tradition of animal sacrifice. If 1000 buffalos and 5000 goats were sacrificed ten years ago, now 50 buffalos and 100 goats are being sacrificed,” said Pranjal Bora from Nagaon.
Bora who is running a non governmental organization told Assam Times over telephone that a massive campaign is the need of the hour againstanimal sacrifice which has yet to take place. “The campaign should have taken place at least 3 months before the commencement of the Durga puja. People from the nook and corner of the state should be aware of it. But I do hope that after 20 years the tradition of animal sacrifice would die down,” he said.
PermalinkSubmitted by amlesh on Wed, 21/10/2015 - 14:34
I think it is time to do away with animal sacrifice. It is a barbaric practise.It should stop both for hindu festivals as well as for other religions like for bakrid.
PermalinkSubmitted by Jaishankar Babu on Mon, 25/09/2017 - 13:38
About 150 years back it was a 'religious custom' in India to force widows to get burnt on their husband's funeral pyre (Sati) today we consider it a barbaric tradition. Similarly, years from now, our future generations will look back at us and call us barbaric.
A god who wants the blood of an innocent animal to satisfy him/her cannot be called a god. It can only be a devil/demon. Rather the people who sacrifice animals (be it Bakr Id or Durga Pooja) are devils who sully the name of their god with their crime of killing innocent animals.
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Security forces claimed to have killed two dreaded GNLA militants at an encounter in Goalpara district bordering Meghalaya on Sunday.According to information, the encounter took place during a combing operation at Borjhara area in Lakhipur in the wee hours.Police further recovered pistols and some ammunitions from their possession. The Garo militants have been unleashing terror along the Assam-Meghalaya interstate border for the last couple of years.
Customs officials and the West Bengal police have so far arrested 52 foreign tourists hours after they seized 22 satellite phones from a hotel in New Jalpaiguri on Saturday.According to information, these phones were seized from two foreign nationals---one from UK and another from Belgium.On the basis of their confessional statements, police further arrested 50 more foreign tourists from the New Jalpaiguri town.
Customs officials seized altogether 22 satellite phones from two foreign nationals in Jalpaiguri bordering Assam on Saturday.According to information, the phones were seized from a hotel during a raid in the afternoon. Two foreign nationals –one from UK and another from Belgium were arrested after recovering the satellite phones from their possession. Interrogation is in progress.
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