New Delhi: Individuals from all walks of life, together with industrialists, ought to come ahead and help development of temples in Punjab, Shankara Vijayendra Saraswati stated right here on Thursday whereas launching the ‘Sanjwarta’ marketing campaign to strengthen Hindu-Sikh unity within the state. Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Moolamnaya Sarvajinapeetham additionally expressed concern over non secular conversions within the state and stated that the safety of Punjab is on the coronary heart of the nation’s safety.
Shankara Vijayendra Saraswati, talking at a program attended by Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief Alok Kumar, stated Hindus and Sikhs share the identical non secular custom. This system additionally noticed participation of entrepreneurs and enterprise leaders from Delhi.
He additionally introduced {that a} belief has been set as much as work for unity and cohesion in Punjab. “Temples might be renovated below this scheme,” Shankara Vijayendra Saraswati stated whereas interesting to firms and businessmen to supply house for the development of temples.
A brand new Ganesha temple would even be constructed within the state, he declared.
of Sanjiwarta The (sharing or joint participation) marketing campaign in Punjab is centered on the teachings of Shankaracharya, with a selected deal with the non secular message of common brotherhood and oneness.
The occasion was additionally attended by Murli Manohar Joshi, former Union Minister and present member of the Margdarshak Mandal (Mentor Council) of the BJP.
Joshi emphasised that Urdu is “our language” and was born on Indian soil.
Addressing a gathering right here, Joshi stated he needed to encourage Muslims to learn the Bible throughout the Vajpayee authorities’s tenure. Koran In Urdu, not Arabic.
The Bharatiya Janata Social gathering chief additional stated that Urdu, Pakistan’s nationwide language, is a language of Indian origin, as is Bangla, which is spoken in Bangladesh.
Based on BJP sources, the occasion was in step with the actions of the BJP and VHP forward of the Punjab elections.
It’s discovered that methods are being formulated to revitalize temples, renovate historic shrines, set up large-scale non secular gatherings, strengthen Hindu-Sikh unity below the umbrella of Sanatan Dharma, arrest demographic change and forestall conversions.
In his speech, Joshi additionally expressed concern over the alleged incursion in Kalady, the birthplace of Jagadguru Shankaracharya in Kerala. “There isn’t any place left for Hindus to stay within the village of Adi Shankaracharya. The whole village belongs to Christians. I’d urge the enterprise neighborhood of this nation to purchase all of the land there. Similar to in Mecca no non-Muslims can stay and in Vatican Metropolis no non-Catholics can stay, so ought to Shankaracharya village.”
He additional stated that Sanatan Dharma is the world’s oldest faith, including, “There may be actually just one faith.”
In 2022, the Nationwide Fee for Minorities wrote to the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) authorities in Punjab, looking for a report on the alleged conversion of Sikhs by Christian missionaries. The Print reported that a lot of “public and spiritual authorities” wrote to the panel about “a marketing campaign being carried out by Christian missionaries to extra-constitutionally convert Sikhs to Christianity in Punjab”.
Based on the 2011 census, Sikhs make up 57.69 p.c of Punjab’s inhabitants, adopted by Hindus (38.49 p.c), Muslims (1.93 p.c), and Christians (1.26 p.c).
Joshi additionally harshly criticized the way in which Indian historical past was written within the early days.
“It was claimed that the Vedas advisable the consumption of meat. We have been additionally taught that the Aryans got here from outdoors India. Later, when the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led authorities got here to energy, I used to be given the cost of the training ministry. We submitted proof in regards to the existence of the Saraswati river,” he stated.
(Edited by Amrutanshu Arora)
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