Bingham Bulletin | 1949-06-24 | Page 6 | Idols Washed in from Sea Plague Indian Magistrates

Idols Washed in from Sea Plague Indian Magistrates BOMBAY. INDIA.-Four idols were washed ashore on the Bombay Bom-bay beach. They were picked up by Hindu pandits, set under a pipal tree and worshipped. Three of them were 18 Inches in height and the fourth 9 inches. The first was the elephant-headed god, Oanapati, the awarder of all luck: the second the monkey god, Hanuman, who fought under Rama for the recovery of his wife, Sita, from the demon king in Ceylon, Havana; the third of Nandi, the bull on whom god Shiva rides, and he fourth has not yet been iden-titled. iden-titled. None could say how they came to be wa.sb.ed ashore, but they are Hiving headaches to two officials-he officials-he curator who wants them for nnHrTCUm if n ne claims them-and them-and the magistrate-collector who must accord permission if the pec Pie want to worship them