Allahabad High Court Rejected PIL Seeking Ban On Printing, Circulation Of Textbook Claiming 'Goddess Gayatri' Is 'Fictitious'

The Allahabad High Court in the case Satya Sanatan Dharm Dharmatma Kalyan Samiti vs. State of U.P. and 5 others observed and has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation, PIL filed seeking a total and complete ban on the printing, publication, distribution and circulation of the textbook 'Tathakathit Gayatri Devi Mantra Ki Vastavikta'.

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TDG NETWORK NEW DELHI

The Public Interest Litigation, PIL filed claims that the textbook written by Sant Gyaneshwar Swami Sadanand Ji Parmhans argues that Goddess Gayatri, which being the personified form of the Gayatri Mantra, a popular hymn from Vedic texts, is 'Kalpanik' ['fictitious'].

It has also been claimed before the court that false and imaginary images and idols of the 'so-called Gayatri Devi' are also being created, misleading the religiously inclined people.

The bench comprising of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra junked was hearing the present matter.