Many decided they were uncertain what it all meant, then marvelled at how little milk was draining off the statue compared to what had been fed. The temple, which normally closes at 9 pm, stayed open until 4 a.m. on Sept. 22, with lines snaking outside and people waiting up to four hours for their chance to feed the brass elephant statue of Ganesh. Delicatessens did not know what hit them. On Sept. 22 morning at the temple, the milk seemed not to disappear anymore, but then started again by afternoon, said businessman Sethu Narikot. At first I didn't believe it.
Many people here are highly educated.
They are not illiterate people or stupid people. Malibu temple president Dr. Mahadevan, said that though the granite idol installed there had not taken in any milk, the number of calls of inquiries had run into the hundreds. The priest at Bochasanwasi Swaminarayan Sanstha temple at Whittier too, said that their idol of Ganesha had not taken in the offerings. Realists however point out that the milk is merely oozing down from the belly to the knees, leading to a drain. Milk is white they say, marble idols are white, the base is white and therefore camouflaged.