Author: Indo Asian News Service
Publication: Daily India
Date: April 22, 2006
URL: http://www.dailyindia.com/show/19514.php/A_temple_to_settle_disputes
One Madhya Pradesh village settles all its
disputes in a Hindu temple.
Residents of Deshmohini village, 10 km from
Hoshangabad town, have never visited a police station.
The village has less than 1,000 people, mainly
from the Kurmi community.
'It is not that disputes never arise among
people,' explained village elder Surekha Chourey. 'Whenever there is a dispute,
the elders call a meeting at the temple, hear both parties and give their
decision which is obeyed.'
