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BHARATANATYAM-DANCING PRIESTS

WEAR HINDU MARKS IN THE CENTER OF THEIR FOREHEADS

THIS MARK, CALLED “TILAK” IS OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE TO HINDUS.

IT IS NEVER APPLIED BY MUSLIMS OR CHRISTIANS [ESPECIALLY PROTESTANTS].

MANY CATHOLIC WOMEN HOWEVER COMMONLY FLAUNT A STYLISED “BINDI”.

NOW THERE IS AN ALARMING TREND OF THE MARK’S INCREASING USE BY NUNS

AND BY CATHOLIC MEN – NOT AMONG THE LAITY,

BUT AMONG PRIESTS, BISHOPS, CARDINALS, EVEN THE APOSTOLIC NUNCIO AND THE ROMAN CURIA

Fr. Francis Barboza SVD. He eventually left the priesthood

Fr. Joachim Andrade SVD, the
Provincial of the Congregation of the Divine Word for the Southern Region of Brazil

Fr. Saju George Moolamthuvuthil SJ, Archdiocese of Madurai

A member of the “Kàlai Kàviri-ni” dance troupe, Diocese of Trichy

Mangalore: Bharatanatyam exponent Ester Noronha‘s Rangapravesham – Photo Album

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=18225&n_tit=Mangalore%3A+Ester+Noronha%27s+Rangapravesham++-+Photo+Album

Photo gallery – Nav Sadhana Kala Kendra, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

http://navsadhana.org.in/cms/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=1:pastoralcentre&Itemid=42

Members of the “Nav Sadhana Kala Kendra” dance troupe, a tri-diocesan enterprise

Photo gallery – Nrityavani

http://www.st-joseph-tutzing.de/images/phocagallery/thumbs/phoca_thumb_m_nrityavani2.jpg

A member, possibly a priest or seminarian, of the dance troupe of the National Biblical, Catechetical and Liturgical Centre [NBCLC]’s “Nrityavani” at St. Joseph’s Church, Tutzing, Germany

The NBCLC is an institution of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

I have scoured the internet and my research library seeking information, any information which says that the bindi or tilak is a purely Indian cultural phenomenon. While I didn’t find a shred of evidence that says that, I found tons of evidence to the contrary. My findings are compiled in a separate article titled, “BINDI OR TILAK MARK ON THE FOREHEAD-INDIAN OR HINDU?”

http://ephesians-511.net/docs/BINDI_OR_TILAK_MARK_ON_THE_FOREHEAD-INDIAN_OR_HINDU.doc

MAY 2013

Categories: Hinduisation of the Catholic Church in India