{"id":5179,"date":"2024-07-16T12:08:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T06:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/?p=5179"},"modified":"2024-07-16T12:23:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T06:53:53","slug":"new-poster-boy-of-hindutva-uttarakhand-cm-dhami-finds-himself-in-a-controversy-on-kedarnath-dham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/new-poster-boy-of-hindutva-uttarakhand-cm-dhami-finds-himself-in-a-controversy-on-kedarnath-dham\/","title":{"rendered":"New poster boy of \u2018Hindutva\u2019, Uttarakhand CM Dhami finds himself in a \u00a0controversy on Kedarnath Dham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New poster boy of \u2018Hindutva\u2019, Uttarakhand CM Dhami finds himself in a \u00a0controversy on Kedarnath Dham<\/p>\n<p>S.M.A.KAZMI<\/p>\n<p>Dehradun , July 16<\/p>\n<p>Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the new poster boy of \u2018Hindutva\u2019 finds himself in a bitter controversy that too on the issue of Kedarnath Dham, one of the most revered Hindu religious places located in Garhwal Himalayas. After losing Ayodhaya Lok Sabha seat and then Badrinath assembly bye-elections in quick succession, both the places associated with Hindu religion, the controversy on Kedarnath Dham for Uttarakhand ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami could not have been at a worst time. The issue erupted a day after Kedarnath BJP legislator Shaila Rani Rawat passed away necessitating a bye-election.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy started when Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami presided over a function over the foundation stone laying ceremony of a temple in Burari area of Delhi symbolically named Kedarnath Dham. The news which was shared by Chief Minister himself\u00a0 on his social media by not taken to kindly by the priest community of Kedarnath shrine who staged a dharna outside the shrine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5181\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5181 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kedarnath3-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kedarnath3-Copy.jpg 597w, https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kedarnath3-Copy-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participating in the foundation stone ceremony of Kedarnath dham mandir at Burari in Delhi on July 12, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brijesh Sati, general secretary of\u00a0the Uttarakhand Char Dham Teerth Purohit Maha Panchayat, \u00a0alleged that the use of the name of Kedarnath, one of the most revered shrine of Sanatan Dharma \u00a0for monetary gains amounts to grave sacrilege. He said that there is no issue in constructing Shiva temples but replicating Kedarnath should not be allowed. The priests demanded that such a project should be shelved and threatened to intensify the agitation at all the fours Dhams of \u00a0Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri in Uttarakhand.<\/p>\n<p>The priests feared that a sizeable amount of money coming to the Kedarnath shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva would be diverted to Delhi temple and alleged that funds are already being collected under the QR code similar to Kedarnath shrine. The priests held a meeting with civil officials at Ukhimath In Rudrprayag district on Monday and strongly opposed any move to set up a replica of Kedarnath Dham anywhere else.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5182\" style=\"width: 346px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5182 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kedarnath1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kedarnath1.jpeg 346w, https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kedarnath1-253x300.jpeg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sign boards of the proposed Kedarnath Dham Mandir in Delhi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The statement by Shankaracharya \u00a0Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati who is head of JyotirMath situated in Joshimath area of Chamoli district charging present regime of alleged theft of 228 kilos of gold from Kedarnath temple further ignited the matter. He said that it was criminal act to replicate Kedarnath Dham \u00a0which was located by Adi Shankaracharya.<\/p>\n<p>After the controversy erupted, BJP tried to argue that a similar temple of Badrinath was inaugurated by former Congress Chief Minister Harish Rawat in Mumbai during his tenure but it did not cut much ice. Finding himself caught in the controversy that too on the issue of one of the most revered Hindu religious places, Chief Minister Dhami was on the back foot clarifying that Kedarnath Dham is not being replicated. \u00a0\u00a0\u201cJyotirling\u00a0<em>ka sthaan ek hee hai<\/em>&#8230;..\u00a0<em>mandir anek sthaano par bane hai\u00a0<\/em>(a Jyotirlinga cannot be replicated&#8230;..temples can be built at other place),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5183\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5183 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kedarnath2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Priests and Sadhus holding a protest at Kedarnath against construction of replica of the Dham in Delhi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Uttarakhand Congress has hit back at the Uttarakhand BJP government over the issue. Suryakant Dhasmana, vice-president of Uttarkhand Pradesh congress Committee said that BJP after losing Ayodhaya and Badrinath have not learnt any lessons and trying to bulldoze the age old Hindu traditions. He said that any attempt to replicate Kedarnath dham which is one of the 12 \u2018Jotirlinga Dhams\u2019 of \u2018Sanatan Hindus\u2019 would not be tolerated. He said that people associated with BJP are part of the trust constructing the Kedarnath Dham temple in Delhi clearly indicating the involvement of BJP.<\/p>\n<p>Ajendra Ajay, Chairman of Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) has to clarify that legal action would taken against anyone misusing the name or photos of Kedarnath-Badrinath shrines. He further said that there could not be a replica of Kedarnath dham.<\/p>\n<p>Surendra Rautela, President of Kedarnath Dham Trust, Burari clarified that the Uttarakhand government has nothing to do with the construction of the shrine in Delhi.\u00a0 \u201cThe mandir of Kedarnath Dham is only a mandir and not a dham. The Uttarakhand government has nothing to do with it. Pushkar Singh Dhami on our request had attended the foundation stone-laying. On our personal invitation he had attended it and it has nothing to do with the government,\u201d he told media persons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBadrinath Dham is there in Bombay and its inauguration was done by former CM Harish Rawat. Vaishno Devi\u00a0<em>mandirs<\/em>\u00a0and Sai baba Mandisrs are also there across the country. This is a political stunt and nothing else,\u201d Rautela said, alleging that the issue was being politicised by a few leaders<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New poster boy of \u2018Hindutva\u2019, Uttarakhand CM Dhami finds himself in a \u00a0controversy on Kedarnath Dham S.M.A.KAZMI Dehradun , July 16 Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the new poster boy of \u2018Hindutva\u2019 finds himself in a bitter controversy that too on the issue of Kedarnath Dham, one of the most revered Hindu religious places &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,33,1284,91,56,59],"tags":[2306,2309,2307,2308,2262,2300,2299],"class_list":["post-5179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","category-international-political-national","category-national","category-politics","category-uttarakhand","tag-jyotirlingas","tag-jyotirmathshankaracharyaavimukteshwaranandsaraswati","tag-kedarnathdham","tag-suryakantdhasmana","tag-uttarakhandbjp","tag-uttarakhandchiefministerpushkarsinghdhami","tag-uttarakhandcongress"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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