Huh!
Hindu bureaucracy takes orders from the Christian CM of AP else they would be fired..
Even Brahmins of AP are converting to Christianity.
HINDU ACTOR BUILDING RELIGIOUS COMPLEX FOR JESUS CHRIST
India
2000-03-02 00:00:00
A Hindu film actor is building a planned US$1.16 billion complex in a southeastern Indian state as a tribute to Jesus, whom he has portrayed in films and television series for the past 22 years.
Vijai Chander, whom 57 million TV viewers in India have seen play Jesus Christ, said his Karunamayudu Punya Kshetram (holy land of the compassionate) will be a "living replica" of Christ´s "new kingdom" in the country.
"I have acted Jesus as a fiction so far, but now I yearn to imitate him in reality," 52-year-old Chander, who was born a Hindu Brahmin, told UCA News.
The complex is to cover 202.43 hectares of rocky land in Karakapatla Kotyal village in Andhra Pradesh state´s Medak district, some 1,400 kilometers south of New Delhi. It is to house a shrine and some 19 welfare projects.
"This is a mammoth project beyond one man´s capacity, but (Chander) exudes a lot of optimism," Church of South India Bishop Badda Peter Sugandhar of Medak said during the foundation laying ceremony Feb. 24.
"Jesus said that those who believe in him, will do greater things than him," the Protestant bishop added. Some 2,000 people attended the ceremony.
Chander, who received Feb. 23 an annual Indian Church media lifetime achievement award, said that although he has no "ritual faith" in Christ, he has a "rock faith" in Jesus who will help actualize the project.
Although uncertain about the project´s completion, the actor said many "top Hindu industrialists" have offered to contribute to it. He added that many people wrongly believe that he receives funds from overseas Christians.
Kondal Rao, a local Hindu tycoon, said he was "proud" to help Chander´s new project, which he said will become "the greatest Hindu gift to Christians of India, vindicating the country´s pluralistic and humanistic culture."
The project will help correct an "international stigma" regarding the recent anti-Christian violence in India and "become the living witness of Hindu-Christian solidarity" in the country, Rao said.
Chander, who has acted in 30 films and produced three in the past three decades, said he began the project with the belief that the idea came from Jesus, who will send "thousands of people such as Rao to pitch in."
Jesus "does not belong to Christians or Churchgoers alone, but to all," he asserted, adding that he has met hundreds who follow Jesus´ teaching without knowing him or the Bible.
"I firmly believe that this world is surviving because of such unknown lovers of Jesus," the Hindu actor added.
Chander played Jesus in a film called "Karunamayudu" (the compassionate), produced in the Telugu language in 1978 and later dubbed into nine other Indian languages. He also acts in the current TV series "Dayasagar" (ocean of mercy), which has completed 100 episodes so far.
Basant Rao, a supporter of the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian people´s party) who also attended the ceremony, said he found nothing wrong in glorifying Jesus, "the greatest apostle of love and service."
Maintaining that those persecuting Christians are not real Hindus, he told UCA News, "We are rather fortunate to be born Hindus, because Hinduism offers ample liberty to appreciate the values lived by Jesus."
Father John Noronha, secretary of the Indian Catholic bishops´ Social Communication Commission, said Chander´s complex "may become the most marvelous pilgrimage center for millions of Christians and even Hindus."
Father Lourdu Reddy, director of Amruthavani (immortal voice), a regional communication center, said the project will help translate Christ´s "love into action."
Reverend Scott Norling, a Baptist pastor, said Chander´s films have done much more than what thousands of missioners were able to do in the past.
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