Guest guest Posted October 27, 2002 Report Share Posted October 27, 2002 Please! I for one don't think a Jyotish list is the place for such postings. One a political note, however, I am starting to wonder if there are more and more ultra-right wing Jyotishis out there. This email makes plenty of assumptions and will offend many Indians (Hindus and others) who want nothing to do with the VHP. Thank you, Very sincerely, J.I. Abbot In a message dated 10/27/2002 7:34:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, venkateshwara_reddy writes: Subj: [vedic astrology] Beware of Fake Shankaracharya in USA Date:10/27/2002 7:34:42 PM Eastern Standard Time venkateshwara_reddy Reply-to:vedic astrology To:avenkat (AT) myrealbox (DOT) com Received from Internet: Item 1: Muslims sponsor fake Shankaracharya to Conference on "Communal harmony in India" in USA Wednesday, 23rd October 2002. Gopalakrishnan Subramaniam gsubrec (AT) comcast (DOT) net Courtesy: shakti-l (AT) hinduworld (DOT) com X-Sender: okhalidi (AT) po9 (DOT) mit.edu Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:55:48 -0400 Abha Omar Khalidi <okhalidi (AT) MIT (DOT) EDU> JagadGuruShankarAcharya in Boston Dear Abha, The JagadGuru ShankarAcharya of Puri math is visiting US in late October. I had emailed Trichur Venkataraman of Sri Laxmi temple to invite him there. But I have not heard from him nor has he returned my phone calls. Do you know of anyone who can be approached to host his talk on communal harmony in India. He is fiercely opposed to VHP (Read all Hindus). Having him speak at MIT or any other college is an alternative, but the VHP (Read Hindus) are in the suburbs as you may know. Let me know what you think, Omar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2002 Report Share Posted October 27, 2002 Item 1: Muslims sponsor fake Shankaracharya to Conference on "Communal harmony in India" in USA Wednesday, 23rd October 2002. Gopalakrishnan Subramaniam gsubrec Courtesy: shakti-l X-Sender: okhalidi Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:55:48 -0400 Abha Omar Khalidi <okhalidi JagadGuruShankarAcharya in Boston Dear Abha, The JagadGuru ShankarAcharya of Puri math is visiting US in late October. I had emailed Trichur Venkataraman of Sri Laxmi temple to invite him there. But I have not heard from him nor has he returned my phone calls. Do you know of anyone who can be approached to host his talk on communal harmony in India. He is fiercely opposed to VHP (Read all Hindus). Having him speak at MIT or any other college is an alternative, but the VHP (Read Hindus) are in the suburbs as you may know. Let me know what you think, Omar. -------------------------- Item 2: Self-styled Sadhu calls himself Jagatguru Shankaracharya of Govardhan Peeth of Puri and wants to hold Conference on "Communal harmony in India" in USA Courtesy: bhailal Wednesday, 23rd October 2002. The real recognized Shankaracharya of Govardhan Peeth, Puri is Swami Nischalananda Saraswati who is more than 60 years old and is well-respected. A young person about 30 years old named Adhokshajananda claims to be Shankaracharya of Govardhan Peeth, Puri and is being supported by Muslims, and perhaps by Christians also, in USA to be the Shankaracharya of Govardhan Peeth, Puri. This young person of about 30 years appears to be an adept in hitting at RSS and VHP in his public utterances. Regarding Adhokshajananda's claim of being Jagatguru Shankaracharya of Puri, Hinduvoice.net has received the following two quotations from Indian Express, Wednesday, July 19, 2000 and The Pioneer, October 6, 2002: - i) Orrisa Law Minister Biswabhushan Harichandan today announced in the Assembly that the Endowment Department has recognized Swami Neeschalananda Saraswati as the Shankaracharya of the Puri Govardhan Peetha and does not recognize any rival claim to the seat. Making a statement in the House during zero hour, the minister said there is no second Shankaracharya of Puri.(Indian Express, Wednseday, July 19, 2000.) ii) The Orissa High Court also debarred Adhokshajananda from using the title of Jagadguru Shankarcharya of Govardhan Peetha, apart from probibiting him from going within the radius of 1,000 meters of the (Puri) temple. (Publication: The Pioneer, October 6, 2002.) This fake Shankaracharya is being sponsored to become Chairman/Chief Guest at the "Communal harmony in India" conference at Boston in USA towards the end of this month of October 2002. What do you say about this Conference in USA? For details see: http://www.hinduvoice.net/SelfstyledSadhu25thOct02.html Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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