11-09-2010, 07:46 AM
Shopping for divinity
New Delhi: A giant idol of Hanuman was among the items bought by First Lady Michelle Obama from the Crafts Museum at Pragati Maidan on Monday. US President Barack Obama, who spent his initial years in Indonesia where there is significant influence of Hinduism, is known to have deep faith in Hanuman and had famously carried a small idol of the Hindu god as lucky charm during his presidential campaign in 2008. A group of well-wishers from Delhi had also sent him a gold-plated two-ft-high idol of Hanuman in 2008 for good luck. http://www.dailypioneer.com/295253/%E2%8...icity.html
New Delhi: A giant idol of Hanuman was among the items bought by First Lady Michelle Obama from the Crafts Museum at Pragati Maidan on Monday. US President Barack Obama, who spent his initial years in Indonesia where there is significant influence of Hinduism, is known to have deep faith in Hanuman and had famously carried a small idol of the Hindu god as lucky charm during his presidential campaign in 2008. A group of well-wishers from Delhi had also sent him a gold-plated two-ft-high idol of Hanuman in 2008 for good luck. http://www.dailypioneer.com/295253/%E2%8...icity.html