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Source: The Hindu

(http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/03/18/stories/2004031811860500.htm)

 

Tamil Nadu

  

 

It is all media's making, says Kanchi Acharya

 

 

 

By Our Special Correspondent

 

 

 

 

CHENNAI,

 

 

MARCH 17.

 

Making it clear that he had not made any derogatory remark against the

Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala or the affairs of Vaishnavaite temples, the

Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, today said "it was the media's

making".

 

Presiding over Peetharohana Swarna Jayanti celebrations, organised by the Adi

Sankara Advaita Research Centre (ASARC) here, he said Lord Venkateswara was his

family deity.

 

"We, at the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, have never disrespected the temple or the

daily rituals conducted in the temple, which draws a large number of pilgrims,

not only from within the country but from all over the globe."

 

The Acharya said he held Sri Ramanujar in great esteem.

 

"I do not want to address a separate media conference to make this point clear.

I am using this function in the presence of the public to make this

clarification."

 

He rendered Anugraha Bhashanam in the presence of Sri Sankara Vijayendra

Saraswathi.

 

Underscoring the importance of Vaishnavism and the Vedas and their bearing on

the Hindu religion, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi appealed to the general public to

continue to preserve the tenets of the religion and propagate the lofty ideals

of Veda Sastras. If one spoke about Vaishnavism, it did not mean the person

carried ill-feelings about Advaita or Saivism.

 

The Kanchi Acharyas then released a book on the `Aesthetic value in Indian

Philosophy,' a special souvenir and a book titled `The Voice of Sankara.'

 

Delivering the Peetharohana Svarna Jayanthi address, M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman

of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), highlighted how religion

and science were inseparable among the common masses.

 

V.M. Rajasekharan, Chief Executive Officer of ITC Agarbati business; R.

Balasubramanian, former Chairman, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New

Delhi; C.N. Ramachandran, president; and G. Natarajan, secretary, ASARC, spoke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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