Man Cuts Off His Tongue To Please Hindu Goddess

[matcom]

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JAMMU, India (Reuters) - A jobless Indian devotee was admitted to hospital after he cut off his tongue and offered it to a Hindu goddess, police said on Wednesday.

Doctors stitched the wound but said the man, identified as Suresh Kumar, 24, may not be able to speak again.

The incident took place on Tuesday evening when Kumar visited a temple dedicated to Hindu goddess Kali on the outskirts of Jammu, the winter capital of Indian Kashmir.

Inside the temple, he cut his tongue off with a knife and gave it to the priest to offer it to the deity. He was immediately rushed to hospital.

"I am a true disciple of the goddess and it is my firm belief which has given me the strength to offer my tongue to her," he wrote on a piece of paper when reporters visited him in hospital.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070411/tod-uk-india-religion-fec0afc.html

[ChoralScholar]

1. Hmm... seems like just the opposite of what she'd want. EOM

[edbermac]

2. She must have been one hot babe.

[femmedem]

3. Has anyone tried converting Rush Limbough to Hinduism? n/t

[otherlander]

6. Best. Answer. Ever.

[femmedem]

8. Aw thanks.

I drank extra coffee today.
Ate a lot of fat, too. I think it's good for brain function. :)

[IronLionZion]

4. This is where the swastika came from

She's the goddess of destruction. I don't think she's worth cutting anything off for.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali

[Rhythm]

7. "goddess of destruction" is simplifying it too much...

she's also seen as a 'goddess mother' figure by worshppers...

a perfect dichotomy: creator, and destroyer.

[Deja Q]

10. Hmmm. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil... Well, one out of three ain't bad...

:rofl:

Sorry, I have little warmth for those who worship the malevolent.

[Parche]

5. Calling Dr Bombay

Twilight Zone................The Silence

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. If a goddess wants my tongue, she can have it

but it stays attached to me.

:rofl:

Not to denigrate someone else's form of worship, but jeebus, cutting out yer tongue? Wow.

[NewJeffCT]

17. well

In some religions, they cut of a part of a male child's penis, if you can believe that!

but, the tongue is pretty extreme, as it affects speaking and eating.

[ronnykmarshall]

11. Stupid ass.

[PVnRT]

12. KALI-MAH SHOCK-TI-DAY

Someone had to do it.

[undeterred]

13. AND HERE WE HAVE MEN COMPLAINING ABOUT VASECTOMIES!!!

I mean, this really puts things in perspective, doesn't it?

[guitar man]

14. I could probably get pretty crazy

trying to please the right hindu goddess :wow:



...but I wouldn't cut my tongue out, I might be needing that :evilgrin:

[tandot]

15. Lots of goddesses would consider the tongue the most valuable part of a guy

...if it is still attached to his mouth and he knows how to work it, of course :evilgrin:

[NewJeffCT]

16. If I was single

There is the Hindu goddess two rows of cubicles over from me that I would gladly offer my tongue to if it could stay attached to the rest of me...

:hide:

[Forkboy]

18. Van Gogh eat your heart out!

[rug]

19. Why? She's got plenty.