The frenzy began late on Sunday in some northern cities and soon spread across the country, including the capital New Delhi, even as rationalists and non-believers called it mass hysteria.

• 上周日晚些时候这股狂热在印度北部的一些城市开始，之后迅速席卷印度全国，其中包括首都新德里，其势头正如唯理论者和非信徒所形容的"大癫狂"。