THUS EVER DO MEN TREAT THEIR GODS :

Hindus mourn 'monkey god' (Omer Farooq, 1 September, 2002, BBC)

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a monkey which became revered as a divine incarnation of a Hindu god in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Animal rights campaigners say the monkey died of starvation and exhaustion after being trapped in a temple for a month by over-zealous worshippers.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 2, 2002 5:41 AM