Puri seer says won't visit Ayodhya, says rituals must conform to shastras

SWAMI Nischalananda Saraswati – the Shankaracharya of Govardhana Peeth in Puri – one of prominent Hindu seers in the country has announced that he will not go for the January 22 installation of Lord Ram’s idol at sanctum sanctorum of Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

- ANURAAG SINGH

Talking to journalists on the sidelines of a religious event of the Sanatan Dharma Sabha in Ratlam city of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, the Shankaracharya (who heads one of the four Mutts established by Adi Shankaracharya) made it clear that he’s not going to Ayodhya for the January 22 event.

“Our Mutt has received the invite for the January 22 event in Ayodhya, which says that if I want to come there, I can come there maximum with one person. Even if I was allowed to be there with 100 people, I wouldn’t have gone there that day.”