After the suicide of Mahant Narendra Giri in 2021, ABAP had resolved to identify fake saints and sages. Some members of the community, including his own disciples, were reportedly involved in the suicide of Narendra Giri.Akhara Parishad President Mahant Ravindra Puri told IANS on Sunday, "ABAP...
Haridwar, Haridwar seers on Tuesday demanded immediate disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as MP for calling Hindus violent and insulting the entire community.They said Gandhi had "lost his mind" and should apologize to Hindus.In his first speech as leader of the opposition in...
Pune: Nine-year-old Baburao Akhara was among 41 eligible voters from remote village Burudmal under Baramati Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra, who for the first time did not have to travel a distance of 12 km to cast their vote, which was the case till the 2019 elections.Voting took place...
Ahmedabad, Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad for the first time appointed four Mahants belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities as "Mahamandaleshwar" at an event in Gujarat.The title Mahamandaleshvara, meaning "great or superior among innumerable monasteries", is used by some...
Juna Akhara, one of the 13 Akharas of the country, conferred this title on Mahamandaleshwar Mahendranand Giri.Mahendranand's disciple Kailashanand Giri was given the title of Mahamandaleshwar and Ram Giri was given the title of Shri Mahant.Both these saints are also from Scheduled Caste...
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], Nirmohi Akhara, who fought for 200 years for the Ram temple in Ayodhya and was one of the main plaintiffs in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suits, built a grand statue of 'Ram Lalla' in Khanda village. The temple has been built. On the occasion of 'Ram Navami'...