After the Hathras incident, Akhara Parishad wants to weed out ‘black sheep’

Akhara Parishad prepares guidelines against false self-proclaimed seers

The Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP), the highest decision-making body of the ancient Hindu monastic orders, is preparing to “black sheep” among saints, after the Hathras massacre, in which over 120 lives And over 300 injured.

In an interview with the news agency IANS, the President of Akhara Parishad Mahant Ravindra Puri said: “ABAP has convened a meeting here on July 17 and 18 to discuss preparations for the upcoming major religious fair of Mahakumbh2025. At the meeting, the body also plans to issue guidelines and may even present a list of false saints and seers.”

“It would also be appropriate to fake And self-proclaimed seers shall not be required to use land and other facilities to set up camp during the Fair, which shall be held every twelve years. Sangam Banks,” he added.

Acharya Devendra ShastriMember of the Executive Committee of the Akhara Parishad and the Nirmal Anand Akharasaid that such incidents as the one in Hathras tarnish the reputation of all saints and seers.”All 13 Akharas must stand united on this issue and take a stand against false saints,” he said.

Shastri said the government should also discussion in this matter, because the Saints have no agency on their front through which they identify such false babas and take action against them.

“A few years ago, we had drawn up guidelines and identified false saints under the aegis of Akhara Parishad, but after that Share Although I have added the list of false saints several times, no further action has been taken in this regard,” he added.

Shri Mahant Durgadas Shri Panchayati Akhara Bada Udasin is also upset over the Hathras incident. He said that many people are outing themselves as self-proclaimed saints by adding ‘Baba’ before their names to mislead the common man and gains a crowd of followers.

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