Shankaracharyas : Not Attend Ram Temple Inauguration
The four shankaracharyas, heads of Hindu monasteries founded by Adi Shankara, will not attend the inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22
- Amid the buzz around the consecration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Karan Thapar interviewed the Shankaracharya of Jyotish Peeth, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati.
- All four Shankaracharyas have noted their objection to the consecration, underscoring that Hindu Shastras do not permit performing the consecration of a deity in an incomplete temple.
- They also noted that January 22 falls in the lunar month of Paus, which is inauspicious for the ceremony.
- Shankara’s legacy includes a near nationalistic vision with his mathas binding a Hindu India spanning geographical and political divisions.
- As faith custodians occupying the corners of India, the matha heads carry enormous symbolic weight.
