We need to be careful about applying interpretations and superimposing concepts, across thousands of years, from one civilization onto iconography of another civilization that we don't understand
It was in front of this statue, late at night, at the CERN facility that someone videoed with their phone what appeared to be a ritual sacrifice - in the video it looks like a woman gets stabbed. It was uploaded to the internet and instantly people said it must be a hoax. I looked into it and there was never any police investigation, there was only an internal CERN investigation and they quickly labelled it a prank. But I don't believe the person who uploaded the video ever came forward and said that. And in the video, to me he seems genuinely shocked when he sees the ritual.
Yeah I saw that video just now. I think it's a hoax, mainly because there is no tradition of human sacrifice in the name of Shiva in India. Also that "ritual" is looks like it's designed to appeal to a Western audience: All elements are picked from Western culture. An Indian ritual would look very, very different. Examples: Cloaks aren't worn in India. The rituals in the Sanskrit texts are very complicated and take very long. The worship would also be offered to a Shiva Linga and never a Shiva statue etc.
Indians are largely vegetarian for religious reasons, and in fact, it is considered a transgression to offer anything other than lacto-vegetarian food to Shiva. You can verify this with any Hindu.
Just FYI
That's a statue of Nataraja (Shiva) gifted to CERN by the Indian government. So the statue itself is probably there for a benign reason.
Shiva goes back to the Indus Valley Civilization, displayed on Pashupatinath seals (based on new evidence, the civilization is now considered 8000 years old: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3621622/Indus-Valley-civilisation-pre-date-Egypt-s-pharoahs-Ancient-society-2-500-years-older-thought.html), far before the timeline of the bible and even the Egyptian civilization, and in a geographically distant part of the world.
We need to be careful about applying interpretations and superimposing concepts, across thousands of years, from one civilization onto iconography of another civilization that we don't understand
It was in front of this statue, late at night, at the CERN facility that someone videoed with their phone what appeared to be a ritual sacrifice - in the video it looks like a woman gets stabbed. It was uploaded to the internet and instantly people said it must be a hoax. I looked into it and there was never any police investigation, there was only an internal CERN investigation and they quickly labelled it a prank. But I don't believe the person who uploaded the video ever came forward and said that. And in the video, to me he seems genuinely shocked when he sees the ritual.
Yeah I saw that video just now. I think it's a hoax, mainly because there is no tradition of human sacrifice in the name of Shiva in India. Also that "ritual" is looks like it's designed to appeal to a Western audience: All elements are picked from Western culture. An Indian ritual would look very, very different. Examples: Cloaks aren't worn in India. The rituals in the Sanskrit texts are very complicated and take very long. The worship would also be offered to a Shiva Linga and never a Shiva statue etc.
Indians are largely vegetarian for religious reasons, and in fact, it is considered a transgression to offer anything other than lacto-vegetarian food to Shiva. You can verify this with any Hindu.
Never heard of the thuggi