Ominous for the royal family

Published :24 May 2007,Thrusday (Jestha 10,2064)

There is a belief that when the idol of Bhimeswor sweats, it indicates greater natural calamities or greater political upheaval or greater crisis in royal family. It is widely believed if the idol sweats on left, it will do harm to the people. If the idol sweats in the right, it is ominous for the royal family. This time, the idol has sweat on the right hand side.
The idol sweated since last evening from 6:30 to 7:15 am sweated again from 7:45 to 9 ‘0′ clock on the left.
Local people have been flocking to the temple since evening to take sweated cotton. According to the locals, the sweated cotton if kept at the houses would be kept from misery and worry and tend to prosper. Especially, people from Newar community flocked to the temple of Bhimeswor.
There has been no scientific study as to why idol sweats. There was a big upheaval in the nation when the idol sweated in previous years and the nation had to confront great crisis.
According to old times, the idol had sweated before 1990 mega quake, 1997 and 2007, death of 2011, 2028, prior to quake in 2045, prior to 2047 and prior to royal massacre in 2058.

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