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unusual facts about Murti


Krishna Balaram Mandir

On the left altar is a Murti of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu with Nityananda, and of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and his spiritual teacher Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.


Gunatitanand Swami

On 16 September 1867, Gunatitanand Swami paid homage to the murti of Bhagwan Swaminarayan in Junagadh mandir for the last time and departed for a tour of neighboring towns and villages having served as the mahant for 40 years 4 months and 4 days.

Idolatry in Sikhism

Bhagat Sadhana got Shaligram Shilas and used them as weights in his profession i.e. Butcher.

Sweeny Murti

In September 2012, WFAN radio host Mike Francesa appeared to fall asleep while talking to Murti during an on-air interview.

The Captive Mind

The Captive Mind begins with a discussion of the novel Insatiability by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz and its plot device of Murti-Bing pills, which are used as a metaphor for dialectical materialism, but also for the deadening of the intellect caused by consumerism in Western society.


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