Glad that Nagaland is a Christian majority state. I am also a Christian in God’s though my religion is Heraka. Here I would like to convey an episode of an unhappy experience from our Christian brothers.
Shri Ttamdi Syarau was an educated young Heraka leader hailing from Mbaupunggwa Village under Tening Sub-Division, Peren district, Nagaland, residing at Tening Town with his old mother Mrs. Ilungjeile Syarau since his childhood. He passed Matric from Mysore. After passing his matriculation, he returned and joined in Nagaland Board of Higher Secondary. He was simple and kind hearted fellow. He married in 1986. Shri Ttamdi was serving as Govt. Teacher in Govt. High School, Tening. He was the President of Regional Zeliangrong: Heraka Youth Organization, Nagaland for 16 years and he held the post of Vice-President of Zeliangrong Heraka Association, North-East India till his death. Shri Ilamdi Syarau was suffering from acute disease and went under medical treatment at Faith Hospital, Dimapur, Nagaland and Dispur Poly Clinic, Guwahati, Assam since last 18th April 2006. During his stay in Hospitals, Zeliangrong Heraka leaders organized prayers for his speedy recovery and donated 12 bottles of blood for saving the life of Ttamdi. It is also heard that some Christian leaders were tempting him to convert into Christian but the sick Ttamdi Syarau was strongly opposed and said that it was too late for him to convert and never convert to Christian. But when they found him in critical condition Shri Kuranglung Zeliang Pastor of Baptist Church of Mbaupunggwa village along with some Christian leaders came in the mid-night of 10 May, 2006 at his rented house in Dimapur and gave mischievous advice to his wailing wife to enroll the entire family members name in Church register for performing Christian prayer, otherwise no prayer could be done, it said. The helpless wife resists enrolling but the pastor secretly Organized Christian prayer on the 11th May’ 06. Unfortunately, Ttamdi Syarau expired on 15th May 2006 at Dimapur and the last ritual of Ttamdi’s corpse was performed just half in Baptist Christian system though Ttamdi and his family members never attended in Church and not even Baptized. And seeing such a false deed against the law of God, Heraka followers were shocked and harshly condemned how this could be. And hope- may curse fall upon those who did a secret tactic to entrap the Heraka family of late Ttamdi Syarau to convert.
Some basic question that arises in my mind are:¬
1. For prayer conversion/registration of name in the Church register is necessary?
2. What is the real intention behind prayer?
3. If name is registered in the Church register the person is converted?
4. Is it Christianity or Churchanity?
5. Conversion should be through conviction or through taking the advantage ofhe1plessness?
6. For prayer is it necessary to register the name of all the family members?
7. Will really Jesus Christ be happy with such deeds?
8. Are our Christian brothers really happy with this episode?
9. Real Christian brothers want to save our souls or to increase the number /to play number game?
10. Really our Shri Ttamdi will get salvation?
Tanjan Zeliang
General Secretary
Zeliangrong Heraka Association North East India
