10-29-2006, 11:18 AM
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?actio...s&id=42389
<b>Let Dalits become head priests of Hindu pilgrim centres: RSS</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->New Delhi, Oct 29: In a surprise suggestion, RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya has favoured appointment of Dalits as head priests of Hindu centres of pilgrimage.
"The time has arrived to consolidate the Hindu brotherhood. Dalits, the warriors of the faith, and the disadvantaged should be suitably trained and made head priests and protector priests of Hindu pilgrim centres along with those who call themselves Brahmins by birth," the RSS organ said in an editorial in its latest issue.
It maintained Sangh Swayamsewaks too were engaged in this endeavour. "We are confident that Brahmins will come forward in this regard...," the Sangh publication said.
Also, it insisted that Hindus themselves were responsible for the "sorry state" of their centres of pilgrimage.
The Panchjanya editorial criticised a recent Iftar party on the banks of the river Ganga<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>Let Dalits become head priests of Hindu pilgrim centres: RSS</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->New Delhi, Oct 29: In a surprise suggestion, RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya has favoured appointment of Dalits as head priests of Hindu centres of pilgrimage.
"The time has arrived to consolidate the Hindu brotherhood. Dalits, the warriors of the faith, and the disadvantaged should be suitably trained and made head priests and protector priests of Hindu pilgrim centres along with those who call themselves Brahmins by birth," the RSS organ said in an editorial in its latest issue.
It maintained Sangh Swayamsewaks too were engaged in this endeavour. "We are confident that Brahmins will come forward in this regard...," the Sangh publication said.
Also, it insisted that Hindus themselves were responsible for the "sorry state" of their centres of pilgrimage.
The Panchjanya editorial criticised a recent Iftar party on the banks of the river Ganga<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->