Naga sadhus told to gather at holy cities to counter Sai Baba followers Piyush Srivastava | Mail Today | Lucknow, July 2, 2014 | UPDATED 09:23 IST Storm is gathering along the banks of river Ganges. Emergency calls of dharma yuddha are ringing across the akharas of naga sadhus who have been asked to stand up now to protect the sanatan dharma-Hindu religion. The militant naga sadhus have been tasked with restoring the lost glory of the religion that can be allegedly harmed by followers of certain deified figures, like Sai Baba of Shirdi. Entangled with the war cry is the honour of a Shankaracharya who feels Sai Baba is certainly not an incarnation of God. To buttress this view of the Shankaracharya across the Hindu matrix, the akhara leaders have asked all the naga sadhus to assemble in Prayag (Allahabad) and Haridwar. Their target would be to formulate a strategy on demolishing the belief that Sai Baba was a God. The naga sadhus are believed to be in a state of meditation (tapasya) round the year, except during the Shahi Snan in Kumbh. But now they have been asked to take a break from asceticism and get ready for a war to save the religion. There are about two lakh naga sadhus in the country. Observers say in case the naga sadhus take to the streets, it could be a major law and order problem. It all began recently when Shankaracharya of Dwarka Peeth, Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati, objected to the worship of 19th-century religious figure Sai Baba by the Hindus. Swami Swaroopanand had said Sai Baba of Shirdi was a Muslim and Hindus should not worship him. He had also claimed that Sai Baba was declared a Hindu avatar by those who have been trying to weaken the Hindu religion.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 10:35:07 +0000