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...Naga Wickremasinghe Colombo, Sri Lanka
...river bank near Allahabad where the Yamuna River meets the Ganges. Alongside marched a troop of elephants, trumpeting, their heaving bodies covered with garlands and painted symbols. Then through the police cordon flowed thousands of pilgrims from nine other ancient Hindu sects. Among them came a procession of Naga sadhus, celibate holy men who follow Shiva, the god of the forces of both life and destruction. They were all naked, except for a coating of sand and ashes, to proclaim that they have no desire for earthly possessions...
...same time, there are fears in India that China, which has given arms and guerrilla training to rebellious Naga and Mizo tribesmen in eastern India, may be tempted to do the same for Bengali Maoists, thus creating tension along India's long eastern border...
...interesting to observe that the Symbionese Liberation Army [Feb. 18] did not invent its symbol, the seven-headed cobra. This is an old symbol of Hindu mythology, representing first a Naga, a sacred serpent born of Kadru and the sage Kasyapa. then the serpent-king Sesha, who is usually associated with the god Vishnu in the creation of the world. The picture of this symbol is probably taken from an esoteric book by James Churchward, The Sacred Symbols...
India estimates the strength of the underground rebel army at from 6,000 to 8,000, scattered through the hills and thick forests of Nagaland. Nominal leader of the Naga rebellion is a school teacher named A. Z. Phizo, who organized an independence movement back in 1947 and left for London in 1961. He now carries on his battle from Britain, representing the self-styled "Naga Federal Government" that claims to speak for the 16 Naga tribes in. the 6,236-sq.-mi. state...