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Pious Indians bank on holy deposits

In a bank with no security gates, guards or locks, deposits from thousands of customers from across India are stacked on shelves, protected from theft by the grace of God.

In a bank with no security gates, guards or locks, deposits from thousands of customers from across India are stacked on shelves, protected from theft by the grace of God.


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In a bank with no security gates, guards or locks, deposits from thousands of customers from across India are stacked on shelves, protected from theft by the grace of God, Reuters reports.

In a cramped room in a small house in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Ram Ram Bank offers no interest or loans but has around 5,000 customers who flock to deposit documents bearing God's name.

The bank's customers scribble "Ram," the protagonist in the Indian mythological epic Ramayana, on pieces of paper as many as 100,000 times and deposit them in the bank.

"There is no need for security as there is no fear of any theft," said Lovelesh Tewari, who founded the bank 25 years ago. "People feel better by writing God's name as it becomes a medium to release their pent up frustrations and eventually the faith makes them work toward their goals." (点击路透社网站查看原文)

印度银行无安保靠神庇佑

       据英国路透社报道,印度一家银行不设防盗门、没有保安、不上锁,完全由神来保护人们存款的安全。成千上万用户从印度各地慕名来此储蓄,而所有存款都直接放在银行的架子上。

       这间面积不大的银行在印度北方邦,名为“罗摩罗摩银行”。人们在此存钱不会得到利息,而且银行也不提供贷款服务。尽管如此,这里已经存放了大约5000名储户的存款,借助罗摩的力量来保护。

       按照规定,储户只需将“罗摩”(印度神话史诗《罗摩衍那》的男主人公,后成为印度教崇奉的神)的名字写10万次,并将写满神名的纸和要存的钱一起放入银行即可。

       该银行已有25年的历史,创始人洛夫莱斯·蒂瓦里说:“银行被窃的可能性不大,所以没必要采取防盗措施。写神的名字也是一种发泄方式,人们可以把压抑下去的挫败感释放出来,从而重获信念,来实现目标、完成心愿。”

(China.org.cn May 10, 2011)

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