01-05-2009, 01:42 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"The Maoists are trying to take over the Pashupatinath temple," said Bharat Jangam, an activist and writer who this week filed a writ in Nepal's Supreme Court seeking to halt the appointment of the new priests.
"Hindus are Hindus, wherever they are," Jangam said. "There are Nepali priests at the Kashi Bishweshwar temple in India's Banaras city, in India's Kedarnath and Badrinath temples. Nationality is not the criterion but whether they have the required knowledge to conduct the ritualistic worship." <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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"Hindus are Hindus, wherever they are," Jangam said. "There are Nepali priests at the Kashi Bishweshwar temple in India's Banaras city, in India's Kedarnath and Badrinath temples. Nationality is not the criterion but whether they have the required knowledge to conduct the ritualistic worship." <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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