News from Jagannath Puri

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Dear Vrinda Devi,

 

I am confident that Sri Jagannath Mahaprabhu has his own ways. Many years

back, it is recorded in Vaishnava literature that Sri Ramanujacharya also

tried the same thing that the VHP is trying today. At that time, Sri

Jagannath was kind enough to transport Ramanuja and thousands of his

disciples over hundreds of miles overnight!! when they were sleeping (there

were no aircraft those days! an impossible task for human hands). I wonder

what Sri Jagannath has in store for the VHP.

 

One thing is for sure. The lesson is going to be very hard as the year of

cleansing has started 2000 has started and cleansing of Orissa is to be

followed by the cleansing of all Hindu institutions like ISKCON, VHP etc as

per the words of Sri Achyuta. This cannot be stopped.

 

Hari Om Tat Sat

Sanjay Rath

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<Vrinda

<Vrinda

Sunday, July 09, 2000 11:42 PM

News from Jagannath Puri

 

 

> Separate temple for Neo-Hindus

>

>

> 0600 hrs (IST) July 7, Bhubaneshwar

> By Alaap Mishra, eIndia correspondent

> The debate surrounding the issue of conversion and reconversion has

assumed

> ludicrous if not frightening proportions, with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad

and

> the pandit Brahmins of the Mukti Mandal of Puri locking horns over the

issue

> that centers around the entry of reconverts into Hindu temples like the

> Jagannath temple.

> The Jagannath temple at Puri is open only to Hindus and after the recent

> reconversion of tribal Christians at Manoharpur to Hinduism; questions

were

> raised whether the reconverts would have the right to enter the Puri

temple.

> Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Puri who had presided

> over the reconversion ceremony at Manoharpur had said that the issue was

left

> to the Mukti Mandap Pandit Sabha, which is the decision-making body of the

> Puri temple. Perhaps, in an attempt to alleviate the situation and provide

a

> solution to the issue, which appeared deadlocked, the Shankaracharya had

> suggested building Swastik temples, especially for the reconverts.

> The pundit Brahmins of the Mukti Mandap were not in favor of opening the

> doors of the temple to reconverts, as they believe that such Hindus cannot

be

> considered " on par with persons born as Hindus. "

> Following this statement from the Mukti Mandap, the ban on the entry of

> reconverts into the temple premises was more or less accepted by the Hindu

> community in Puri.

> But the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the self proclaimed messiahs and voice of

the

> Hindu community did not want the issue to rest just yet. Consequently, the

> vice president of the VHP dropped a bombshell at Puri yesterday by daring

> anyone to ban the entry of the reconverts. Addressing a massive two-day

Sant

> Sammelan in which Hindu saints from all over the country participated, the

> VHP leader said, " Hindus have stayed in their own country as second class

> citizens. Now that the saints have got together, a renaissance of Hinduism

is

> on the cards. The tribals who had been converted under temptation or

duress

> to Christianity are being reconverted to Hinduism and the full Hindu

status

> will be assigned to them. Nobody can ban their entry to the Puri temple. "

>

>