Dehradun: Samajwadi Party chief Swami Prasad Maurya has sparked yet one more controversy by saying that the well-known Badrinath temple in Garhwal Himalayas was “originally a Buddhist monastery.” Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has termed Maurya’s feedback “unfortunate.”
Dhami mentioned Maurya’s remark displays the “anti-national and anti-religious” considering of the Congress and its allies. “The comment made by the Samajwadi Party leader on Bhu Baikunth (heaven on earth) Shri Badrinath Dham, the centre of faith of crores of devotees, is unfortunate,” Dhami mentioned, reacting to Maurya’s tweet that Badrinath was a Buddhist monastery till the eighth century.
Dhami mentioned the assertion by a pacesetter of the Samajwadi Party, which is a member of the “Mahathagbandhan (alliance of thugs)”, reveals the anti-national and anti-religious considering of the Congress and its allies. “This view also reveals the dominance of the ideology of SIMI and PFI within these parties,” he mentioned.
Uttarakhand Minister for Culture and Religious Affairs Satpal Maharaj mentioned Maurya’s touch upon Badrinath reveals his lack of awareness of the ‘Sanatan Dharma’ and that he solely desires to be within the information by making deceptive statements.
Maharaj, who can also be a non secular preacher with followers throughout the nation, mentioned ‘Nar-Narayan’ (lord Vishnu) had performed penance in Badrinath Dham.
“Mahatma Buddha was not even born then. That’s why it is completely wrong to describe Badrinath Dham as a Buddhist monastery. Maurya should also know that when there used to be trade in Uttarakhand from Niti Valley in the past, offerings for Lord Badrinath used to come from the monasteries of Tibet,” he mentioned.
The sharp response by politicians and a number of other social media customers to his tweet didn’t deter Maurya from tweeting once more on the matter on Friday. “Akhir mirchi lagi na, (it hurts you finally, doesn’t it) now they are reminded of their religion. Isn’t the faith of others also faith,” Maurya mentioned.
The SP chief mentioned that it was so as to not damage the non secular sentiments of any part that he had mentioned the standing of all centres of religion because it was on the fifteenth of August 1947 needs to be accepted to keep away from any dispute.
“Or else we should be ready to accept a historical truth. Till the eighth century, Badrinath was a Buddhist monastery. It was made a centre of Hindu pilgrimage after that, this is the truth,” he tweeted in Hindi.
