Bhopal: As Anna Hazare's Lokpal campaign gathers pace in rural India, people in a nondescript village in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district have gone a step further by establishing a make-shift temple, idolising the Gandhian.
Chanderi village in Sehore has shot into limelight following the establishment of a makeshift temple for Hazare, where hero worship is at full display with people offering prayers and singing 'bhajans'.
"To begin with we have installed a photograph of Hazare on a chabutra (platform) under a tree in the village on the occasion of Janmashtmi festival," MS Mewada, who along with 4-5 others was instrumental in establishing the temple, said.
"Like other temples, we are performing his 'puja' (prayers) twice daily besides singing bhajans specially penned in honour of Hazare," he said.
"We also distribute 'prasad' of coconut powder mixed with sugar daily among his growing followers," Mewada said.
When asked what inspired them to set up a temple, he said, "After Mahatma Gandhi, who had given us freedom, it is Anna Hazare who is fighting relentlessly to liberate us in a real sense."
"His simplicity, his home at village Ralegan Siddhi, his lifestyle, vigour and dedication for the cause by remaining single in his life has inspired us to treat him as 'God'," Mewada said.
Mewada claimed they were not doing this for publicity and were following a call from their conscience to do something for a person like Hazare when they saw him fighting with the high and mighty by following the principles of non-violence.
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