Hindu statues drinking milk, 1995

In September 1995 worshippers reported that statues of Hindu deities took offerings of milk, first at a temple in New Delhi and then in temples around the world.

Wikipedia dates the start to before dawn on 20 September 1995, when someone worshipping at a temple in the south of New Delhi offered milk to a statue of Ganesha. A spoonful held to the trunk appeared to vanish, as if the statue had taken it. News spread fast. Statues of the whole Hindu pantheon, it was said by mid-morning, were doing likewise in temples across India.

Hinduism Today published a correspondent's account from the Ganesha temple in Edmonton, Canada. The writer describes the milk running from the spoon up the stone trunk's surface, usually within about 20 seconds, spoonful after spoonful, from a Friday evening puja until late on a Sunday. At two teaspoons a minute over 51.5 hours, the writer estimated about 7.7 US gallons were taken. Little milk showed around the statue, and the garments were wet only on the trunk side, which could not account for the volume. The writer concluded that those present had seen something they could not explain logically.