English Devi, The Goddess English is a new Indian goddess that will spread the awareness for the need to learning English.
Organizers of this projects are planning to build English Devi Temples all over India, for observing the power of the English language in India.
The untouchable (Dalit) group of India are largely undereducated or uneducated and if they are religiously associated with learning English, it would benefit the Dalit community.
Dalits are a group of people living India, traditionally regarded as of lower class. The upper class considers the Dalits unsuitable for having personal relationships.
Dalits speaks different languages and belongs to various religious groups. Even though, cast system is abolished in India, discrimination and prejudice against Dalits still exists.
Most of the Dalits live in poverty due to the lack of education and employment opportunities.
Some Dalits have converted to Buddhism which does not acknowledge the class system in India as does the Hindu religion.
Some reports shows that, more dalits are coming forward to learn the English language as well as to worship the new goddess.
Chandrabhan Prasad, a researcher of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, is the brain behind English Devi Temples.
The very first English Devi Temple is under construction at Lakhimpur-Kheri district, about 170 km from Lucknow, India.
Goddess english is a three-feet tall brass idol; attired in a British gown and English hat, standing atop a laptop shaped pedestal. The English Devi carries a pen in one hand and a copy of the Indian Constitution in the other.
source: English Devi | The Goddess of English
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