Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 HinduThought, "Pranawa C. Deshmukh" <pcdeshmukh> wrote: "Sonia is swadeshi", Swami Madhavanand. Swami Madhavanand, the Shankaracharya of Prayag Peeth said Sonia is not a Videshi but is a swadeshi. He reiterated that he did not consider Sonia as Videshi. He also disagreed with the BJP-led alliances proposal that the constitution be amended to bar people of foreign origin from occupying high offices. http://www.indiamap.com/elections/en290999.htm ---- Shankaracharya of Prayag Peeth, Swami Madhavanand Saraswati, at A three-day State-level convention of the Jamat-e-Islami Hind (JIH): Valley Of Peace in Pink CityBy A Staff Writer http://www.islamicvoice.com/november.2002/community.htm Jaipur: A three-day State-level convention of the Jamat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), organised here last fortnight, warned against political parties inciting violence to serve their divisive agenda and pointed out that this was one of the dangerous results of the misuse of religion for political ends. The central theme of the convention, which was held after a gap of 14 years, was "Let us move towards peace, progress and salvation". The venue of the meet- the Karbala ground in the centre of the city was named Wadi-e-Aman (Valley of Peace) and it was attended by over 15,000 delegates, including 7,000 women. The participants included a large number of non-Muslims as well. The convention was inaugurated by the national president of Jamat-e-Islami, Maulana Sirajul Hasan. Prominent among those who addressed various sessions of the meet were the Shankaracharya of Prayag Peeth, Swami Madhavanand Saraswati, Congress Working Committee member, Manishankar Aiyar, president of Muslim Majlis-e- Mushawrat, Syed Shahabuddin, social activist and recipient of the Magsaysay Award, Sandeep Pandey and noted Jaipur-based Sarvodaya leader, Siddhraj Dhaddha. A special session on women's issues was held on the second day and was addressed by Muneera Khanam, organiser of the ladies wing in Jih Maharashtra, Nasira Khanam, Shaista Rafat and Dr. Fazlurrahman Fareedi, member, JIH central advisory council. ---------------- 6/july/2000: Puri Shankaracharya to expose fake Shankaracharyas... (Swami Madhavanand, the Shankaracharya of Prayag Peeth) Puri Shankaracharya to expose fake godmen M I Khan in Puri http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jul/06khan1.htm Alarmed by an imposter Shankaracharya's attempt to mediate in Kashmir, the Shankaracharya of Puri Swami Nischalanand Saraswati has decided to launch a nation-wide campaign to expose fake godmen. Disclosing this at the Govardhan Math in Puri, where the Shankaracharya resides, his deputy Swami Gopalanand today said the Shankaracharya would interact with all the acharyas and sants to clamp down on activities of self- claimed Sankracharyas. "We are also not ruling out the possibility of legal action. At the moment, however, religious interaction appears to be the best way to deal with the situation," he said. Last week, several national dailies reported that the Shankaracharya of Puri held talks with Hurriyat leaders in Jammu and Kashmir. Swami Nischalanand Saraswati was quick to dissociate himself from any attempt to mediate in Kashmir and said that the seer holding parleys in the Valley was an imposter. This story was first broken by rediff.com. Subsequently, in a statement issued on behalf of the Shankaracharya of Puri, the Govardhan Math claimed that some powerful people, including politicians, were backing the fake Shankaracharya. "The Shankaracharya of Puri is already in talks with the other three Shankaracharyas. Also, he will try to bring all the Madhavacharyas, Nimbarkacharyas, Ramanujancharyas and Ramanandacharyas together on this issue," Swami Gopalanand said. Gopalanand said there were at least 50 fake Shankaracharyas roaming around in the country claiming to head one or the other math or peeth. "Surprisingly some of them have created their own peeths like Prayag. The fact is that only four peeths exist in the country and they were founded by Adi Shankaracharya long, long ago," he said. The all-new My – Get yours free! --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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