(Doug Livingston for Ohio.com/Akron Beacon Journal)
In the auditorium at Akron’s North High School, Mahananda Luitel spoke English to about 100 olive-skinned women in saree dresses and ceremonial sashes, like the kind wrapped around the necks of distinguished guests. “Mother is God. Without mother, we cease to have life on Earth,” Luitel told to the audience before him, which included his own mother and six other women in their 90s. “You are our guests,” he continued. A generous applause quieted Nepali voices in the crowd. “You are our Gods today. We respect you. We honor you.”
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