Posted June 29, 2008 9:00 AM
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shows good luck charms that he carries in his pocket during his talk with women during a discussion at the Flying Star Cafe facility in Albuquerque, N.M., Monday, June 23, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
by Laurie Goering
NEW DELHI -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, already running ahead of his Republican rival John McCain in international popularity, has won a host of new fans in India since a photo published earlier this month revealed that he carries a tiny brass monkey king among his handful of good-luck charms.
In India the charm is presumed to be an image of Hanuman, Hinduism's popular monkey god. So on Tuesday, a delighted Brij Mohan Bhama, a politician associated with India's ruling party and a devotee of Hanuman, decided to boost Obama's mojo (and chances in November) by presenting the Illinois senator with a 2-foot-high gold-plated Hanuman idol, blessed by a dozen Hindu priests in a special prayer service.
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