‘I Was Told Don’t Object as Elections are Near’- Joshimath Shankaracharya

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00:00 Outlook brings to you excerpts from the issue titled 'In the name of Ram'

00:04 It analyses the narrative of Ayodhya

00:07 What was, what is and where will it go from here?

00:11 I was told don't object as elections are near

00:15 Yoshimath Shankaracharya

00:17 Yoshimath Shankaracharya, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati

00:21 who came into the limelight for his decision to not attend the consecration ceremony

00:26 at Ayodhya on January 22nd in an exclusive interview with Outlook

00:31 says that the religious scriptures are not being followed

00:34 He also accuses the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Secretary Champat Rai

00:40 of dividing Hindu society in the name of sects

00:44 We bring to you excerpts from the interview

00:46 Outlook, why did you decide to not attend the consecration ceremony of Ram Mandir?

00:52 Yoshimath Shankaracharya says, "The post of Shankaracharya comes with some duties and responsibilities

00:59 On the one hand, we are bound to support any legitimate efforts of Sanatanis

01:04 and on the other, we must stop if anything irreligious is happening

01:08 And we found that the prana pratishtha of Lord Ram is happening in a religiously non-conducive environment

01:16 We had to come out in front of the media to share our thoughts

01:19 As per Hindu scriptures, we don't think of prana pratishtha only when we have the land

01:24 We rather think of laying the stone

01:27 After that, we consider building walls and the dome

01:31 Then only we start thinking of prana pratishtha

01:34 When the temple is itself incomplete, how can they do prana pratishtha?

01:38 According to our scriptures, the temple is the body of God

01:42 The spire of the temple is the eyes and the dome is the head

01:46 Neither the eyes nor the head is ready

01:49 How can you do the rituals in the sanctum sanctorum?

01:52 The person responsible for fixing the auspicious moment, in his response,

01:57 compared it to an apartment where the foundation of the ground floor is considered to be enough for settlement

02:03 But it is your residential home and the rituals of a temple are definitely different

02:08 The scripture also says that disobeying this path can harm the people who are connected to it

02:15 And here, the whole country is invested in it

02:18 So, it will definitely affect the prosperity of the country

02:22 Outlook

02:24 We came to know from a few saints who are connected to the construction of the temple

02:28 that Ram has been there for millennia

02:31 So, it is just a ritual of opening the gate of the temple

02:35 How do you read it?

02:36 Joshimar Shankaracharya says,

02:38 If Ram has been there for eons, why are they using the word pratishtha?

02:43 Let them use some different words and we would not say anything

02:47 You are fixing the auspicious moment

02:49 You are calling saints for the rituals

02:51 And then you are claiming it is not pratishtha

02:53 How does it make sense?

02:55 India is a secular state

02:57 Still, when ministers take oath, neither can they alter any word

03:02 nor can they read out something else

03:04 The governors and the president make sure that they read out exactly what is written

03:10 Everything in this society has some accepted norms

03:14 If a minister can't take up his/her job unless he/she follows proper procedure

03:20 how is the installation of a god possible without following the right course?

03:24 For this and more, read the latest issue of Outlook

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