Author: NT Bureau
Publication: News Today
Date: December 10, 2003
URL: http://www.newstodaynet.com/10dec/ld1.htm
His has been the most notable face
among the Christian gospelers. He has presided over several thousand 'miracle
healing' meetings wherein countless 'sufferers' have had their illness
or afflictions, ranging from common cold to blindness, 'cured' through
prayers.
But when it came to healing his
own troublesome knee, D G S Dinakaran, the well-known evangelist in question,
seems to have reposed faith with a team of doctors at a local hospital
rather than hobble around and wait for divine help.
According to sources, Dinakaran,
the most visible of gospelers with a slew of radio and TV shows to his
credit, had been suffering from a chronic knee problem. The man, who exhorts
the public to attend his healing and prayer meetings to get cured of their
ailments, however has gone to a popular private hospital in Adayar to get
his knee repaired.
Sources said Dinakaran underwent
a knee replacement surgery, conducted by a team of top doctors, at the
hospital yesterday afternoon. His faith in doctors seems to have done him
good as he is said to be doing fine.
Dinakaran, who presides over the
Christian gospel group Jesus Calls, along with his family members including
his son Paul Dinakaran, has conducted several hundred faith healing meetings
across the State and elsewhere too.
In many of these meetings, whose
footages are regularly shown in almost all popular satellite channels,
people are shown to get 'cured' of their handicaps and illness. There are
also special prayers conducted for serious ailments. It is also said that
money was also collected for these special prayers.
Obviously, tongues will start wagging
over Dinakaran's choice for his own treatment. Perhaps there is a moral
in the story: Thou shall not pray for thyself.
