Lord Hanuman is the latest deity to be dragged into controversy in Bihar.
M I Khan reports from Patna.
Eight days after Lord Ram and his brother Laxman were sued in a Sitamarhi court for renouncing Sita, another Hindu God, Lord Hanuman, found himself at the receiving end in Bihar.
Trouble erupted when civic authorities in Begusarai district issued an encroachment notice against 'Bajrang Bali,' as Lord Hanuman is referred to, for a roadside temple constructed in his honour in the Lohia Nagar area.
While issuing the notice to 'Hanuman,' a circle official ordered the temple to be demolished as it created an obstruction for vehicular traffic, officials in Patna said.
Hours later, Bajrang Dal activists and their supporters blocked roads in protest and demanded that the notice be withdrawn at once.
A trouble-wary district administration promptly dumped the circular and assured the protesters that an investigation would be ordered to find out who issued such a notice.
Last Monday, February 1, Sitamarhi Chief Judicial Magistrate Rash Bihari rejected as 'not maintainable' and 'beyond logic and facts' a petition seeking the registration of a case against Lord Ram and his brother Laxman over banishing Sita to exile 'without proper justification.'
