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  NEW DELHI: The faithful continued to flock temples since Monday 
morning as word got around of idols of Hindu deities drinking milk 
while scientists ascribed it to soaking of liquid by dry clay and 
some leaders on Monday asked people to use reason instead of going by 
superstition.

  Long queues of men, women and children were seen in front of Durga, 
Shiva and Ganesha temples in several parts of Madhya Pradesh as 
people offered spoonfuls of milk to the idols and many went there out 
of curiosity. At some places, religious rituals were also performed.

  Reports of people witnessing the "divine event" were received from 
Indore, Ratlam, Mandsaur, Jabalpur, Guna and Gwalior.

  "I have personally offered milk to Goddess Durga and similar 
offerings were made by devotees since Sunday evening," a priest of 
Bhavani temple in Bhopal said.

  People with milk pots also made a beeline for temples in Kanpur. Ram 
Prasad, priest of a Hanuman temple said they started reaching the 
temple to offer milk since Sunday night.

  The industrial town's Shiva temples, Durga temples, Shani Dev 
temples and Sanatan Dharma temples were also full.

  There was a rush to a temple in Kolkata's Kidderpore area last night 
to offer milk to Shiva after TV channels beamed reports of the 
happening.

  West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee asked people to 
go by logic and reason. "It is unfortunate that a large section of 
the people is still guided by illogical views," he told reporters 
when asked about the re-run of the 1995 episode of Ganesh idols 
drinking milk.