March First week Prayer Points

Kumba Mela…… Kumbal Mela……….

People use everything that is created by God in different ways. They started with trees, stone and even the rivers and ponds. Indians feel great on hearing the name Ganga as of now, even a drop of water from that river can be considered poisonous because of pollution. It is so pity that still people do not recognize the condition.

The festival “Kumbamela”is celebrated for 45 days in four important parts of India. This fest is considered to be the festival that is celebrated to be the festival that is celebrated with huge population (‘Kumba’ means pot, ‘Mela means fair) Great kumbha mela is celebrated once in 12 years in four places. This year 2010 from 14 Jan it is celebrated in haridwar of U.P. Nearly 15 million people gathered and worshiped their god everyday. People from all over the world rushed to this place to celebrate this festival. Many private and non-profit organizations advertise in number of ways to attract people who gather in this eve. They also offer accommodation facilities and tour packages to the travelers. Ambulance services, vehicles and hospital were available in Haridwar round the clock. People gathered in large numbers to visit the Naga Sadhus. They consider that seeing these people as most sacred. These sadhus are naked having long hair; they are seen applying ash all over the body. They are seen wearing a holy chain “ Ruthraksha “ around their neck. There are 1000 beads in that chain, they believe that evil spirits can be cast off from men on wearing this chain. They also believe that if they wear 11,000 beads, they will be transformed as “Sankara”a Hindu god.

In 2013, next Kumbamela is planned to be celebrated in Prayak of U.P. These people boast that they are Indians with all these kinds of superstitions. It is our foremost duty to pray our living god for these people

 Prayer Points:

• For people to realize the emptiness in the kumbamela that is celebrated at present.
• For the superstitious beliefs of the people to vanish.
• For gospel to reach the non governmental organization and other organization working there.
• For people to realize that the river is polluted.
• For the Naga Sadhu to know Jesus Christ.
• For the destruction of the power of the alien Gods
• For Gods anger on India to be removed.
• Pray that non governmental organization to come forward and establish hospitals and transport facilities to the villages where there are no such facilities.
• For Gods power to be revealed on 15,16,24,30 of March and 14 &28^th of April for they consider these dates to be holy to take Holy Bath.

General Prayer Points:

• The central government has promised that May 2010 the Right for compulsory free education law will be enforced for children between 6-14 in the High court.
• Information has been received that 700 terrorists have planned to enter Jammu and Kashmir. Pray for the terrorist activities to be stopped in India.
• For the good news to reach quickly to 40 million people who claim themselves that they belong to higher class.