Akhara Parishad wants no shop of non-Hindus at Kumbh Mela, official cites bidding process

However, the sadhus of the Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad person been steadfast successful their demands. “A inclination has been seen crossed India to corrupt the Sanatani radical — Hindus, sadhus and their castes, beryllium it Brahmins oregon Thakurs. Some hardliners privation to corrupt our religion. Therefore, to guarantee that our religion is not corrupted, we are trying to guarantee that determination are nary shops of non-Hindus successful the mela area,” Akhara Parishad president Ravindra Puri told mediapersons successful Prayagraj connected Thursday.

“They (non-Hindus) should not get confectionary shops, nor foodstuff oregon beverage stalls, nor immoderate dhaba. Then lone we volition beryllium capable to prevention our dharma. Therefore, to prevention our dharma and Sanatan we person enactment up this issue,” helium added.

Meanwhile, determination seems to beryllium a rift betwixt akharas implicit the allocation of Mela country arsenic good arsenic who would commencement the snans.

“We survyed the mela country today. Our request is that saints of each the Akhara travel to kumbh. Thus, they should get the onshore allotted accordingly for sadhus and the remaining should beryllium allotted to NGOs and others,” Puri said.

He besides advocated that sadhus of Juna Akhara should get the archetypal snan dates, “considering their fig is bigger”. Told that it has been a contented that Mahanirvani Akhara starts the snan (bath), Puri said, “We person made the tradition. Sanyasis marque the contented and they tin alteration it arsenic well”.

Meanwhile, determination were reports of a clash betwixt sadhus of antithetic akahras astatine the Akhara Parishad gathering successful Prayagraj connected Thursday. Sources said the clash began pursuing a heated treatment implicit the allocation of onshore to an akhara arsenic determination was a disagreement betwixt the 2 groups.