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> Bhaktivedanta Manor Incident Involving Pandava Sena

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> BY PANDAVA SENA

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> ENGLAND, Aug 31 (VNN) — An incident involving some followers of Narayan

> Maharaj and certain members of Pandava Sena and other Hindu youth took

> place outside Bhaktivedanta Manor's grounds on Sunday 27th August.

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> Narayan Maharaj's followers stood outside the Manor's grounds holding

> banners and handing out leaflets accusing ISKCON and Bhaktivedanta Manor

> of continued child abuse. They also alleged (incorrectly) that Pandava

> Sena is banned from the Manor.

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> Guests and many Hindu youth were very upset by this protest and spoke to

> some members of Pandava Sena, threatening violence to stop the protests.

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> Some members of the Pandava Sena went to the gates with these Hindu boys

> to ensure that nothing drastic took place.

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> As Narayan Maharaj's followers began handing out leaflets to cars, these

> Hindu boys and members of Pandava Sena began asking passengers of the cars

> to return the leaflets.

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> This caused Narayan Maharaj's followers to become very upset. They began

> crying and shouting, accussing the boys of 'abuse' and 'assault', while at

> the same time tried to physically assault some of the boys. Since the

> protesters consisted primarily of women and children, none of the boys

> retaliated. The police were also called at this time.

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> Once the protestors became violent, the boys withdrew back into the Manor

> grounds.

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> There were approx. 10 boys involved. It was obvious that had they wished

> to become aggressive, the protestors would have received the worse end of

> it. However, since they continued distributing leaflets for another 2

> hours after the incident, it goes to prove that leaflets and banners were

> still in their possession. Hence, the young men could not have assaulted

> them - else they would have removed all their propaganda.

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> This was not a Pandava Sena incident - though members (out of their own

> independent actions) may have got involved. Nor was it a temple organised

> event.

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> Individuals have to realise that Hindus can be very passionate about

> certain things. Distributing inciteful literature on a festival day can

> easily lead to this kind of backlash. After suffering the same kind of

> abuse from Muslims and the British for centuries, most Hindus are fed up

> and will no longer tolerate this kind of blasphemy of their religion.

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> In conclusion, Pandava Sena would like to add, that contrary to rumour

> (spread by some unscrupulous persons) Pandava Sena is, and always will be

> loyal and affiliated absolutley to Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON. We have no

> interest in Narayan Maharaj or his followers - nor do we care about all

> the other persons trying to usurp ISKCON, like the ritviks. We would

> rather keep a great distance from all of these groups and get on with our

> service. But - if these groups continue to incite, provoke and target our

> members - then we cannot be held responsible for the independent action of

> members.

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> Yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada, Pandava Sena.

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> We welcome any responses to pandava_sena (AT) hotmail (DOT) com

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