No connection between Kanchi Seer Arrest & Tsunami

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NEW YORK: A Michigan-based Hindu group has said that Sunday's

tsunami tragedy was not a "vengeful act of God."

 

The group, Navya Shastra, in a statement condemned those that

described the tsunami as "divine retribution" for the arrest of the

Kanchi Shankracharya. The statement quoted Rajarathina Bhattar, a

Houston priest, as saying "At times like these, sane voices must

prevail."

 

The organisation also called on the global Hindu community to

contribute generously "Our religious ideals, enshrined in the Vedas

and the Thirukkural, exhort us to give to those in need," said VC

Vijayaraghavan, a Navya Shastra member from London.