Vishnu
Vishnu news stories
Priest uses deity to hook believers hoping to work in the West

Wall Street Journal Dec 31, 07 4:40 PM CST
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Every week, 100,000 worshipers converge on a temple in Hyderabad, India, that honors a local incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. But the faithful aren’t praying for good health or fortune: They seek visas to the US and other Western countries, and the deity they’re praying to is known as the Visa God, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Priceless artifacts
go missing before
flight to Paris

Reuters Dec 24, 07 11:34 AM CST
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Bangladesh has mounted a massive hunt for two priceless artifacts that went missing yesterday at the Dhaka airport, Reuters reports. The statues of the Hindu god Vishnu, sculpted 1,500 years ago, were on their way to an exhibition at a Paris museum. Bangladeshi authorities have detained 12 suspects and stopped the shipment to France while the investigation continues.
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