10-17-2005, 08:03 AM
<b>Sringeri mutt swamiji appeals to Chief Minister against naxalism</b>
Staff Reporter
Mutt work is being hindered by anti-social activities, says Sri Bharati Theertha
AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING: Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh (left) handing over the light to the Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh to inaugurate Sri Bharati Theertha Seva Prathisthana's anniversary celebrations in Bangalore on Sunday. The former Bihar and Jharkand Governor M. Rama Jois is seen. â Photo: K. Murali Kumar
BANGALORE: <b>As the Sri Bharati Theertha Seva Prathisthana founded by the 36th peethadhipati in the unbroken line of acharyas who headed the Sringeri Sharada Peetam established by Adi Sankara around 820 AD, celebrated its third anniversary, Sri Bharati Theertha Swamiji on Sunday appealed to the Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh to end naxalism that has spread in the region where the ancient mutt is located.</b>
The swamiji said the work of the mutt in providing succour and spiritual values was being hindered by the presence of "these anti-social elements", and people living in the area were dogged by fears of all kinds.
The organisation founded in his name is working in Bangalore, and elsewhere, and MLA and former Minister D.K. Shivakumar, a patron of the foundation, used today's function to appeal to the Chief Minister for a plot for its building in the city. It was a plea that evoked immediate response from Mr. Dharam Singh who made an announcement and promised to provide a site at the earliest.
The Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Mr. Dharam Singh, senior police officer Jyothi Prakash Mirji, who headed the Karnataka Special Task Force against Veerappan, and C.V. Nagash, lawyer, were felicitated.
The former Bihar and Jharkand Governor and retired judge Rama Jois, who presided over the function, regaled the audience with quotations from Sanskrit and said awards and honours were meant to show that its always better to be right and not compromise on ethics.
Staff Reporter
Mutt work is being hindered by anti-social activities, says Sri Bharati Theertha
AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING: Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh (left) handing over the light to the Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh to inaugurate Sri Bharati Theertha Seva Prathisthana's anniversary celebrations in Bangalore on Sunday. The former Bihar and Jharkand Governor M. Rama Jois is seen. â Photo: K. Murali Kumar
BANGALORE: <b>As the Sri Bharati Theertha Seva Prathisthana founded by the 36th peethadhipati in the unbroken line of acharyas who headed the Sringeri Sharada Peetam established by Adi Sankara around 820 AD, celebrated its third anniversary, Sri Bharati Theertha Swamiji on Sunday appealed to the Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh to end naxalism that has spread in the region where the ancient mutt is located.</b>
The swamiji said the work of the mutt in providing succour and spiritual values was being hindered by the presence of "these anti-social elements", and people living in the area were dogged by fears of all kinds.
The organisation founded in his name is working in Bangalore, and elsewhere, and MLA and former Minister D.K. Shivakumar, a patron of the foundation, used today's function to appeal to the Chief Minister for a plot for its building in the city. It was a plea that evoked immediate response from Mr. Dharam Singh who made an announcement and promised to provide a site at the earliest.
The Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Mr. Dharam Singh, senior police officer Jyothi Prakash Mirji, who headed the Karnataka Special Task Force against Veerappan, and C.V. Nagash, lawyer, were felicitated.
The former Bihar and Jharkand Governor and retired judge Rama Jois, who presided over the function, regaled the audience with quotations from Sanskrit and said awards and honours were meant to show that its always better to be right and not compromise on ethics.