Linking Ancient and Modern, A Worldwide Web of Worship

By Kevin Sullivan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, March 14, 2007

TIRUCHIRAPALLI, India -- Balaji, a Hindu priest, stood before the reclining god and offered a plate of coconut and bananas. His chest bare and his face adorned with red and yellow sacred paste, he set the food at the foot of a statue that Hindus regard as an embodiment of the powerful god Vishnu.

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