Minakhi Misra

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  • Black and White Gods

    “We take so many sweets for Lord Jagannatha, but he doesn’t eat anything. Why?”

    I was sitting today with Aai, my mother’s mother, and talking about her longstanding relationship with her God. She was telling me of times she had to walk a day and a half to Puri to see her Jagannatha. And she was telling me about all the miracles that had happened when she was younger.

    “Who said Jagannatha doesn’t eat our prasad?” she questioned back. “I know he does.”

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    March 21, 2017
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