MATHURA: A priest in this holy city on Saturday claimed that a devotee in his temple saw tears rolling down the eyes of Lord Hanuman's idol.
 
Priest Mahesh Gaur of the Ganga Temple, on the Mathura-Agra road, said the devotee told him that he saw the eyes of Lord Hanuman welling with tears when he entered the shrine in the morning.
 
News spread and many people went to the temple.
 
Some people said this was a bad omen and began chanting bhajans.
 
The rumours also spread to Kanpur with devotees flocking the Bhairav Ghat Hanuman Mandir in the city after the temple priest Jaikishan claimed to have seen idols of the deity shedding tears in the evening.
 
Jaikishan said 'poojas' and 'aartis' were being performed and the faithful were chanting from the 'Hanuman Chaalisa' late into the night.
 
The Panki Hanuman mandir also reported a similar rush of devotees, who were offering prayers to the monkey god amid the frenzy.
 
The temple priests were unable to say whether the supposed shedding of tears was a miracle or a curse.