Not the New Age Goddess

by Feòrag

Four members of the same family have committed suicide so that they could see the goddess Kali and acheive mukti (total liberation).

Police said Manikandan had been telling his relatives and neighbours that he and his family members would attain 'mukti' and Goddess Kali would save them. But he was apparently not taken seriously.

Manikandan, his brother-in-law Ilangovan, his brother Kalaiarasan and Manikandan's wife Deepa consumed the poison-laced kesari (a sweetmeat) after offering it to the goddess. Their bodies have been sent for post mortem.

The incident took place in Maduri, India, very close to the village where children are briefly buried alive as part of a religious festival. They took their lives for Kali's grace - The Times of India, October 2nd 2002.