Through PTI
DEHRADUN: A piece of clergymen in Kedarnath have adversarial the gold plating of the partitions within the sanctum sanctorum of the Himalayan temple pronouncing it amounted to tampering with its centuries-old traditions.
Pilgrimage clergymen (teerth purohits) opposing the gold plating are incensed that using large drilling machines within the procedure are harmful the temple’s partitions.
The 4 partitions of the famed temple had been lined with silver plates that have been got rid of to exchange them with gold plates.
The gold plating of the temple’s partitions is being carried out after a Shiva devotee from Maharashtra volunteered to make an providing of gold for the aim. His proposal used to be then permitted through the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee with permission from the state executive.
“The gold plating is harmful the temple partitions. Giant drilling machines are getting used for the aim.
We can not tolerate this tampering with the centuries-old traditions of the temple,” a pilgrimage priest named Santosh Trivedi stated in Kedarnath.
Then again, the clergymen are divided at the factor with some senior clergymen favouring the renovation paintings recently underway within the temple’s sanctum sanctorum.
Senior priest on the temple Shrinivas Posti and previous president of Kedar Sabha Mahesh Bagwadi stated the temple is a significant centre of Sanatan religion and gold plating of its partitions is consistent with the Hindu ideals and traditions.
Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee president Ajendra Ajay stated opposition to the gold plating of the temple partitions isn’t justified as it’s being carried out in line with the traditions with out tampering with the unique construction.
“Renovation and beautification of the temple once in a while is a regular follow. A handful of clergymen might oppose it however their consultant our bodies by no means adversarial it.
A long time in the past the temple ceiling was once fabricated from grass and twigs. As the days modified it all started to be fabricated from stones and later of copper sheets,” he stated.
The BKTC president additionally termed the protest as a part of “opposition propaganda.”
“Hindu temples everywhere the rustic are symbols of grandeur. Adorning Hindu deities with gold and jewelry has been a part of our traditions.
I see not anything mistaken in masking the temple partitions with gold plates,” stated Ajay.
He additional added that the BKTC took due permission from the state executive ahead of going forward with the gold plating of the temple partitions.
DEHRADUN: A piece of clergymen in Kedarnath have adversarial the gold plating of the partitions within the sanctum sanctorum of the Himalayan temple pronouncing it amounted to tampering with its centuries-old traditions.
Pilgrimage clergymen (teerth purohits) opposing the gold plating are incensed that using large drilling machines within the procedure are harmful the temple’s partitions.
The 4 partitions of the famed temple had been lined with silver plates that have been got rid of to exchange them with gold plates.
The gold plating of the temple’s partitions is being carried out after a Shiva devotee from Maharashtra volunteered to make an providing of gold for the aim. His proposal used to be then permitted through the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee with permission from the state executive.
“The gold plating is harmful the temple partitions. Giant drilling machines are getting used for the aim.
We can not tolerate this tampering with the centuries-old traditions of the temple,” a pilgrimage priest named Santosh Trivedi stated in Kedarnath.
Then again, the clergymen are divided at the factor with some senior clergymen favouring the renovation paintings recently underway within the temple’s sanctum sanctorum.
Senior priest on the temple Shrinivas Posti and previous president of Kedar Sabha Mahesh Bagwadi stated the temple is a significant centre of Sanatan religion and gold plating of its partitions is consistent with the Hindu ideals and traditions.
Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee president Ajendra Ajay stated opposition to the gold plating of the temple partitions isn’t justified as it’s being carried out in line with the traditions with out tampering with the unique construction.
“Renovation and beautification of the temple once in a while is a regular follow. A handful of clergymen might oppose it however their consultant our bodies by no means adversarial it.
A long time in the past the temple ceiling was once fabricated from grass and twigs. As the days modified it all started to be fabricated from stones and later of copper sheets,” he stated.
The BKTC president additionally termed the protest as a part of “opposition propaganda.”
“Hindu temples everywhere the rustic are symbols of grandeur. Adorning Hindu deities with gold and jewelry has been a part of our traditions.
I see not anything mistaken in masking the temple partitions with gold plates,” stated Ajay.
He additional added that the BKTC took due permission from the state executive ahead of going forward with the gold plating of the temple partitions.