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Ancient nuclear blasts in India - By Alexander Pechersky

The great ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, contains numerous legends about the powerful force of a mysterious weapon.

The archaeological expedition, which carried out excavations near the Indian settlement of Mohenjo-Daro in the beginning of the 1900s, uncovered the ruins of a big ancient town. The town belonged to one of the most developed civilizations in the world. The ancient civilization existed for two or three thousand years. However, scientists were a lot more interested in the death of the town, rather than in its prosperity. Researchers tried to explain the reason of the town's destruction with various theories. However, scientists did not find any indications of a monstrous flood, skeletons were not numerous, there were no fragments of weapons, or anything else that could testify either to a natural disaster or a war. Archaeologists were perplexed: according to their analysis the catastrophe in the town had occurred very unexpectedly and it did not last long.

Scientists Davneport and Vincenti put forward an amazing theory. They stated the ancient town had been ruined with a nuclear blast. They found big stratums of clay and green glass. Apparently, archaeologists supposed, high temperature melted clay and sand and they hardened immediately afterwards. Similar stratums of green glass can also found in Nevada deserts after every nuclear explosion.

A hundred years have passed since the excavations in Mohenjo-Daro. The modern analysis showed, the fragments of the ancient town had been melted with extremely high temperature - not less than 1,500 degrees centigrade. Researchers also found the strictly outlined epicenter, where all houses were leveled. Destructions lessened towards the outskirts. Dozens of skeletons were found in the area of Mohenjo-Daro - their radioactivity exceeded the norm almost 50 times.  

The great ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, contains numerous legends about the powerful force of a mysterious weapon. 

(Artwork courtesy of The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. www.krishna.com).

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The great ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, contains numerous legends about the powerful force of a mysterious weapon. One of the chapters tells of a shell, which sparkled like fire, but had no smoke. "When the shell hit the ground, the darkness covered the sky, twisters and storms leveled the towns. A horrible blast burnt thousands of animals and people to ashes. Peasants, townspeople and warriors dived in the river to wash away the poisonous dust."  

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Modern people divide the day into 24 hours, the hour - into 60 minutes, the minute - into 60 seconds. Ancient Hindus divided the day in 60 periods, lasting 24 minutes each, and so on and so forth. The shortest time period of ancient Hindus made up one-three-hundred-millionth of a second.

(source: Ancient nuclear blasts and levitating stones of Shivapur - By Alexander Pechersky - pravda.ru.com). For more refer to chapter on Vimanas and War in Ancient India).

(For more refer to chapter on Greater India: Suvarnabhumi and Sacred Angkor).

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“I am a Hindu because it is Hinduism which makes the world worth living.” – said Mahatma Gandhi  - source: Young India 1-12-26.

India's National Disgrace - Attack on Symbols of the Hindu Universe

Arrest of Kanchi Shankaracharya on Diwali - Secular duplicity? 
An Unholy Mess - Shock, Anger across the World

"This is clearly a political vendetta by unspiritual people designed to denigrate Hindu Dharma. The consequences of it are grave for the spiritual future of India and of the entire world."  -  David Frawley.

Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati is one of the most respected figures for Hindus. 

More than the individual, the institution of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, of which he is the reigning pontiff, stands tall as one of the symbols of the Hindu universe as it was founded by Adi Shankara as the southern boundary of Bharatvarsha. 

Therefore, his arrest on seemingly flimsy grounds amounts to unwarranted humiliation of a revered shrine as well as its presiding head.

(For more refer to chapter on Greater India: Suvarnabhumi and Sacred Angkor).

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Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati is one of the most respected figures for Hindus. More than the individual, the institution of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, of which he is the reigning pontiff, stands tall as one of the symbols of the Hindu universe as it was founded by Adi Shankara as the southern boundary of Bharatvarsha. Therefore, his arrest on seemingly flimsy grounds amounts to unwarranted humiliation of a revered shrine as well as its presiding head. The Tamil Nadu Government does not realise that it is playing with fire by pushing the frontiers of minorityism. The usual excuses offered for arresting a person of relatively less political consequence (which are always forgotten in the case of those with the right contacts) are being advanced to justify the humiliation meted out to this savant. The murder of the Mutt's employee perhaps gave the J Jayalalithaa regime the entry point to competitive Hindu-baiting which promises to pay huge political dividends. To appease vote banks, she had withdrawn the order against conversion and had even toned down her earlier stated position on Ms Sonia Gandhi's legitimacy in Indian politics. The manner in which the DMK was baying for the Shankaracharya's blood in the aftermath of the murder may have raised the political temperature to an undesirable level, pushing Ms Jayalalithaa to a corner.

'Secular' revellers, meanwhile, are living it up. The Imam of Jama Masjid has never appeared in court to answer more than half-dozen summons against him. In Kerala, Industries Minister Kunnhiali Kutty is accused of involvement in a sex racket, but his position in the State Cabinet is secure. To make doubly sure, Muslim League hoods are going about terrorising journalists of Mathrubhumi from carrying out their professional duty of questioning the double standards of 'secular' governance. The CBI has been asked to discontinue the prosecution of Congress leader Satish Sharma while the income tax department has been stopped from booking Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav in a disproportionate assets case. The undermining of civil society is getting more brazen with each passing day. The Shankaracharya episode seems just the beginning of a vendetta aimed at silencing the cultural opposition posed by Hindu self-esteem.

Shankaracharya tour programme was announced on the Peetham's website well in advance and he never travels abroad. So what was the necessity of putting him through a night-long ordeal, and that too on the auspicious occasion of Diwali?

(source: Secular duplicity - dailypioneer.com - November 15 2004).

Dalits angered at Seer's Arrest 

Tamil Brahmins may or may not have come out in support of arrested Jayendra Saraswathi, but sections of the underprivileged Dalit classes have expressed anger at the treatment meted out to the seer.

Among the first to come out on the streets were members of the Hindu Munnani, a Hindu group primarily comprising Dalits. Activists of this group have also clashed with police outside courts in Chennai and Kanchipuram. They have also staked out in front of the Vellore jail where the Shankaracharya has spent a week for his suspected involvement in the murder of a former accountant of the Kanchipuram mutt. Four Dalit hamlets in Porayar of the Nagapattinam district, 600 km south of the Tamil Nadu capital, are stunned by his arrest. In the pontiff's birthplace, Irulneeki village, there is considerable anger among the 150 Dalit families over the arrest of the Shankaracharya who was reportedly in the process of making it a model village. Jayendra Saraswathi formed the Chandrasekara Rural Development Trust there to launch several development schemes.The trust is credited with constructing 40 model group houses and a health centre with two doctors and six paramedics to help. Supported by the mutt, the Tamil Nadu government has also taken up a pilot scheme for Dalit housing in the village.

Members of the scheduled tribe of 'Kattunanyakans', who are scavengers by profession, received financial help from the Shankaracharya to build a temple for the Amman mother goddess in 1992. Now Natesan, the village council chief, tells journalists with tears in his eyes: "Shankaracharya taught us to worship. When many still considered us untouchables, he treated us with dignity". Similar is the outpouring of protest in Rajivpuram, where another such temple is under construction, thanks to funds from the Kanchipuram mutt.

In the Bhudanoor village, 200 Dalit families have stories about the ways in which the Shankaracharya helped them.
The Shankaracharya has taken much flak for reaching out to Dalits. Critics accused him of breaking Hindu codes by blessing widows and Dalits and allowing general access to the mutt and temples.

(source: No reservations, Dalits back seer - timesofindia.com). For more information - refer to http://www.kanchi-sathya.org/

Kanchi Acharya first pontiff to mingle with Dalits'

Cuddalore, Nov. 27 - The Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, is the first pontiff in the Sankara Mutt lineage to mingle with the Dalits and other downtrodden sections. Hence, his arrest is regrettable, Vai. Balasundaram, State president of the Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam, said here today. He told presspersons that he did not want to go into the details of the arrest as it was sub-judice. From his association with the Acharya for the past several years, he had learnt about the humane side of Jayendra Saraswathi, who had contributed a great deal to the uplift of the downtrodden.

Without any inhibitions the Acharya had stayed in a hut of a Dalit, Chelladurai, at Ramancheri, near Thiruttani, recently and offered his blessings. The Acharya had also established the Ambedkar Maha Sabha for the welfare of the Dalits.

(source: Kanchi Acharya first pontiff to mingle with Dalits  - hindu.com).

Dalit Hindu Peoples’ Sabha Condemns

" Kanchi seer has to be released immediately. Arresting him at mid-night  and throwing him into jail like an ordinary criminal is condemnable"  said Dalit Hindu Makkal Sabha.

"Besides doing spiritual work. the Swamigal was carrying on the work of consolidation of the society, Education, and health .the arrest has been carried out just to put hurdles in this work and to tarnish the image of  the Mutt. The other reasons are to appease the other religions the threats of the anti-Hindu parties". "Arresting a Hindu religious leader on false charges ,arresting him at  midnight and putting him in jail as an ordinary criminal has evoked the  opposition of the entire Hindu community. Hence he should be released  immediately. To show our opposition we had demonstrated twice under the  leadership of our state leader Ganesh. If the seer is not released immediately a massive demonstration will be  organized." the release of the Dalit Hindu Makkal Sabha said. (Dinamalr: 21.11.04).

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India Desecrated

Can the Pope be arrested like this? 
The illiterate cub reporters of various Indian TV channels are having a field day, mouthing inanities against all that India has held sacred for millennia. 

Refer to The Criminal History of Papacy and Sex, lies and videotape: turmoil at the Vatican and Vatican forced to acknowledge debauched behaviour of priests and nuns and Victims of pedophile Christian priests and Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis - By Philip Jenkins.

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One of the greatest institutions of India that has stood for several centuries as a bright symbol of the continuing authority of dharma on this land has been desecrated. The event was meant to be a slap in the face of all those Indians, who believe in dharma and the civilisational traditions of India. It is a sad commentary on the state of India, that in spite of this great desecration, the nation continued to behave as if nothing has happened.

Except for token protests from certain foreseeable quarters, the nation has not stirred. The reigning Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham is behind bars. The illiterate cub reporters of various channels are having a field day, mouthing inanities against all that India has held sacred for millennia. Mr. N. Ram, (Editor of The Hindu)  that arch-enemy of Hinduism, is gleefully pontificating about the majesty of law. That epitome of the superciliousness of modern educated Indians, the Congress spokesman, Mr. Abhishek Singhvi, is pompously announcing the great dictum that the Sanakaracharya has not only been arrested, he shall also be punished if found guilty at the end of the trial. The leader of the anti-Hindu atheistic movements, Sri Karunanidhi, is saying that the occasion should be used for making laws restraining all saintly persons in general.

(source: India Desecrated - Center for Policy Studies). 

Refer to The Criminal History of Papacy and Sex, lies and videotape: turmoil at the Vatican and Vatican forced to acknowledge debauched behaviour of priests and nuns and Victims of pedophile Christian priests and Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis - By Philip Jenkins.

Can the Pope be arrested like this?

Nischalananda Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Puri

"It is a sad news for the country. It is a blow to the existence and ideology of Hindus. The very existence of Hindus is at stake. Who will be responsible for the humiliation meted out to the pontiff if he is exonerated tomorrow?"

Ashok Sampath, president, Hindu Makkal Kakshi, Chennai

"I strongly condemn the action. The Sankara Mutt is a 2,500-year-old institution. No Shankaracharya would commit a murder in the garbhagriha."

Praveen Togadia, international secretary, Vishwa Hindu Parishad

"Can the Pope be arrested like this? Will they arrest Imam Bukhari of the Jamma Masjid on Eid as there are so many cases pending against him?"

(source: Can the Pope be arrested like this? - rediff.com). 

Can anybody in India imagine the Cardinal being arrested on the X-mas eve or a Muslim cleric being arrested on Eid day. We all know that Imam Bukhari of Jama Masjid could not be touched despite half-a-dozen non-bailable warrants of a serious nature. In a country where even terrorists enjoy human rights, a Hindu seer is subjected to extreme inhuman treatment. If the conspiracy is not defeated, the loser will not be Jayendra Saraswati or the Kanchipeetham but the entire Hindu society and India as well.

(source: Unholy Conspiracy - By Dina Nath Mishra - dailypioneer.com).  

Refer to The Media Reality - haindavakeralam.org.

Secularism as a Tool of Adharma - By Satya Sarma 

None of the human rights activists who keep their eyes peeled for even the faintest transgression against the practice of faith can spot religious persecution in India today. Such is their secularism.

“The law is the law,” they shrug their shoulders to say. What law? Our secular laws are treacherous: full of loopholes for those who harm society, but stern to punish those who work for its benefit. Professional thieves, habitual murderers, rabble-rousing rowdies, thugs and goondas – secularism allows all these to write its laws, even laws that confer them immunity. Now, when a fragile old man who has given up all possessions and all allegiances except to the path of truth is imprisoned arbitrarily, these very looters will point out to us that it is all very legal. Who are these people to judge a jagatguru? What are their bonafides? How clear are their minds, how clean their hearts? What good have they done in the world to show their credentials to sit in judgment of our Swamigal? They are the talking puppets of a blindfolded woman with empty scales. 

(source: Secularism as a Tool of Adharma - By Satya Sarma - sulekha.com).

Tarnishing the reputation of Hinduism and Indian culture

None of our politicians, both Hindu and atheist, seems to care about tarnishing the reputation of Hinduism and Indian culture, by this inane display of vote bank politics. They openly call the Shankaracharya names and demand the extinction of a 2500-year tradition – that the Kanchi Mutt signifies. The public prosecutor is especially vicious in calling the Acharya 'a criminal who deserves no sympathy'. Pardon me if I sound dumb but our law does presume everyone innocent until proven guilty. Then why this witch-hunt? A cursory look at some of the facts surrounding this drama makes for interesting reading.

(source: The Kanchi Mutt Controversy - By Thenali Raman - sulekha.com). Refer to  Pope Benedict Solves Mystery of Pedophile Priests . . . Sort of - By Robert Weitzel.

Outrageous assault on Hindu Honour

Shankaracharya's arrest has pained for many reasons. That the charges were cooked up, flimsy and contradictory, that the concerned law enforcing personnel, including the Public Prosecutor were absurd, abusive and disparaging, that the victim was convicted and almost punished, even before trial, by the media and the Chief Minister's ill-advised statement in the Assembly were not the only reasons for this pain.

Shankaracharya is a symbol. He is an institution. He represents the sentiments of millions of Hindus whose respect for him cuts across religious definitions, as he is a pious, unassuming, and progressive savant. He is heading a mutt founded by Adi Shankara and is its 69th Shankaracharya. He succeeded Pujaniya Paramacharya Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, whom many believed was a divine incarnation, indeed the greatest spiritual luminary of our time. The present Acharya is his disciple and like his guru, Shri Jayendra Saraswati's mission of restoring the Vedic Hinduism to its great glory is no less significant. He lighted millions of lives by his boundless compassion. He was one of the first Acharyas of this age, who came out of the orthodox confines of the mutt and worked among the people, in the Dalit bastis. He even pronounced against caste, declaring that chaturvarna had no Vedic sanction. He is a revolutionary saint. He trained Dalit youth in temple rituals and declared them archakas giving them the sacred thread. Unwaveringly he stood for the Ram temple at Ayodhya and of late, he had acquired a universal reputation as a messenger of peace and harmony. The arrest has shattered this image. The chargesheet is a bundle of contradictions. Everybody who knew the Shankaracharya and the mutt's standing and reputation will swear that he has been framed.

(source: Outrageous assault on Hindu honour - organiser.org).

Trampling Indian Culture under the guise of Secularism
Whither Human Rights?

The Shankaracharya's "crime" is yet to be established. But the "secular" cabal has already been proved guilty of following double standards. The entire "human rights" enterprise of the Leftists is to help their ideological cousins in their goal to balkanize India and rationalize the misuse of state against those who believe in the spiritual traditions, the civil society and integrity of India.

(source: Offensive, prima facie - By Balbir Punj - dailypioneer.com - November 18 2004 - edit page).  

The indifference of the English-speaking intelligentsia to this State assault on a reputed Hindu religious leader, whose fundamental right to self-defence has been grievously violated, shows the country's secular ideology to be a travesty. For, a similar witch-hunt against an imam or priest of comparable stature would certainly have incurred the wrath of human rights watchdogs and radicals. The ascent to power of the Congress-led coalition, propped up by the communists, is marked by a return to minorityism, manifesting itself as Hindu-baiting. The Left, in fact, has made a career out of this. In today's intolerant climes, the sanctity of Hindu pilgrimages and beliefs has been sacrificed at the altar of arid secularism.

(source: Sinister stirrings of intrigue - By Anuradha Dutt - dailypioneer.com - December 2 2004).

The humiliating arrest of the Kanchi seer is testing Hindu patience.

Why was the Shankaracharya humiliated in this manner, and why didn’t the Centre intervene to tell the Tamil-Nadu government to adhere to Supreme-Court guidelines in the arrest and incarceration of religious leaders? Both prime-minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi have separately and differently washed their hands off the matter, but it won’t, frankly, wash.  

(source: The humiliating arrest of the Kanchi seer is testing Hindu patience - indiareacts.com).  Please refer to Kanchi Conspiracy by Christians? - saag.org.

Where is the US Council on International Religious Freedom?

Where is the international response to the arrest of the Kanchi Acharya? The USCIRF did not stir a little finger. This merely supports the contention that it is not meant for religious freedom per se, but for the advancement of Christian fundamentalism. The BBC called the Acharya a 'cleric'. Strictly speaking, this is true: a cleric is a member of a religious order. But I have never heard them call the Pope a cleric. It is always 'the pontiff' or 'the pope'. Why? I suggest that we should all call the Pope a 'cleric' from now on....

(source: Where is the US Council on International Religious Freedom? - By Rajeev Srinivasan).

The silence of the Western media over the arrest like Sherlock Holmes' dog that did not bark is eloquent ?

Shankaracharya hit the Conversion industry where it most hurt. He aimed at building a temple in every Dalit village and in giving personal darshan in each village. His Chandrasekharendra Maha Vishwavidyalaya, a Deemed University, controls several educational and medical institutions, which serve the villages and challenge missionary monopoly in these sectors. 

In Tamil Nadu, the cognoscenti feel American evangelists planned the whole sordid affair. Certainly the silence of the Western media over the arrest like Sherlock Holmes' dog that did not bark is eloquent. The American organization that monitors freedom of religion abroad was upset with the anti-conversion law and was dialoguing with the State government to undo it. That President Bush (Evangelicals are crediting God with securing re-election victory for George W. Bush.) supports vigorous evangelism is no secret.  His disrespect for Hindu dharma was on public display immediately after his re-election, when he hosted an Iftaar and Diwali dinner at the White House simultaneously, and attended only the former. The pathetic excuse peddled by his staff was an insult to the worldwide Hindu community and must be perceived as such by Hindus, regardless of ideological predilections.

(source: Justice must be seen to be done - By Sandhya Jain - dailypioneer.com - Edit page - November 29 2004). For more refer to chapter on Conversion). Refer to Their Other "Dirty" Linen: Evangelism's Quest to Conquer the World - By S R Welch - secularweb.org and Evangelicals for Bush - By Steven Waldman - nytimes.com).

This could happen only to a Hindu religious leader

Politically, this could happen only to a Hindu religious leader. It is unthinkable that an Imam could ever be arrested in this country, and never on Ramzan Day. An Archbishop could never be arrested on Christmas Day.

But a Shankaracharya could be arrested on Deepavali Day. This sums up the content of secularism in India. Someone said on television the other day, "There were no disturbances following the arrest".

Does this not imply that it is a disqualification for the Acharya that he has peaceful followers? Is the model for religious leadership that of Shahi Imam who dared the Government to arrest him and face the consequences?

(source: This could happen only to a Hindu religious leader - By S Gurumurthy - indianinfo.com).

George Fernandes who visited the Seer said, "All kinds of human rights had been violated with the Shankaracharya’s arrest. The way the pontiff was arrested and treated defies all norms. There has to be some decency and the arrest should be according to law." 

He told reporters: "There is human rights violation in many ways. The Supreme Court has given a decision as to how to deal with such persons. Apart from the Supreme Court decision and his own status as a religious head, the way he has been arrested defied every norm of investigation."

(source: Seer’s arrest defies all norms:  Fernandes - sify.com). For more refer to rightliving.net.

'Seer told us he was mentally tortured by police'

Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi, has complained of "mental and psychological torture" while in police custody and has denied making any confessional statement.

"Though I was not physically tortured, I was mentally and psychologically tortured during my police custody. The police officials induced me to speak over mobile to several persons, which I declined with folded hands," he was quoted as saying by a five member delegation of NDA MPs, which called on him at the Vellore Central Prison this afternoon. They described reports that he made a confessional statement to the police as a "total lie."   Punj said that the police had unleashed a "reign of terror" in Kancheepuram and people were afraid of speaking even in a closed room. He charged the police with raking up many cases to create evidence against the Seer in at least one case. "In the Sankara Mutt at Kancheepuram and in that town, people are terrified, and unable to speak as there is an atmosphere of fear," Mutt officials were tortured by police, adding that under the present circumstances, no fair trial was possible in Tamil Nadu. The cases against the Seer should be transferred to some other State.

(source: 'Seer told us he was mentally tortured by police' - indiainfo.com).

Hinduism in Danger: The Humiliation of Kanchi Acharya 

"Why on earth would the Sankaracharya order the murder of an accountant? That seems to completely defy logic. The Sankaracharyas live totally spartan lives and have no need for money. Besides, even assuming somebody in the Kanchi Matham wanted to sweep things under the carpet, it would have been so much easier to just bribe somebody, rather than go out and murder someone, especially murdering them in a temple and desecrating the place.

The sentiments of millions of Hindus do not matter to the Congress, just as the sentiments of Sikhs didn't when they went on a murderous rampage in 1984, nor when they appointed alleged gang-leader Jagdish Tytler as a minister. And where is the principal 'Hindu nationalist' party who should speak up? In complete disarray. The Congress is once again demonstrating that they are a party only for Muslims and Christians. The foolish Hindus who voted for them deserve what they get, I suppose. "

(source: Hinduism in Danger: The Humiliation of Kanchi Acharya - By Rajeev Srinivasan). 

The episode itself, with the unceremonious arrest of the venerable religious leader on an auspicious day, after a yagna, by commandos, was a rude jolt. The midnight arrest of Shankaracharya is against all norms of civilized conduct leave alone the  code prescribed by the Supreme court for  taking  into custody any alleged suspect. The decorum  and courtesy of civil behaviour that ought to be  shown to respected religious head  of one of the  most venerated religious monastic institution of  the hoary Bharat was not shown.

(source:  H H Sri Jayendra Saraswathi – A Victim of Gutter Politics of Tamil Nadu – By Laura Kelly).

Denying Fundamental rights?

Mr Jethmalani observed that preventing the Kanchi seer from speaking to his lawyers after his arrest amounted to denying him his fundamental right. Noted Supreme Court lawyer and a former law minister Ram Jethmalani's arguments before Justice R. Balasubramaniam on Saturday failed to move the Madras High Court to even grant the Hindu religious leader house arrest or permission to be kept in hospital. A hurriedly convened meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's state core committee here on late Saturday demanded that public prosecutor K. Doraisamy be removed from his job for describing the pontiff in court "as a criminal" and "subjecting him to needless humiliations". Jethmalani had argued that the detention of the seer in jail for 24 hours was "like a death sentence".

Politically motivated arrest - Denying Fundamental rights

"The manner of this arrest is like arresting the Pope during Christmas mass at the Vatican." 

Refer to The Criminal History of Papacy and Sex, lies and videotape: turmoil at the Vatican and Vatican forced to acknowledge debauched behaviour of priests and nuns and Victims of pedophile Christian priests and Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis - By Philip Jenkins.

"The Shankaracharya was arrested in a Congress-ruled state on Diwali day. The Finance Ministry froze 142 bank accounts of the Mutt and not a single Congress leader from Sonia Gandhi down to their district level president uttered a word against the arrest. He was put in a jail with other criminals. It was pointed out to the government that when political leaders like Sheikh Abdullah, Jaiprakash Narayan and Morarjee Desai were arrested, they were not lodged in jail."

'The circumstantial evidence pointed quite clearly towards the Christian lobby that was working against him. The Shankaracharya had been going to Dalit enclaves and consecrating their temples and thereby restricting the influence of the Christians who had looked upon the Dalits as being a fertile ground for conversion. Obviously, all this had the blessings of Sonia Gandhi who is a nominee for the Christian lobby."

Refer to ‘Aryan invasion theory is British-created falsehood’ - interview with Subramanian Swamy. His latest book titled 'Hindus Under Seige'

Refer to The Media Reality - haindavakeralam.org.

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"The accused was not informed about the arrest. Police whisked him away and local counsel was not allowed to meet him (Friday). The arrest was made in an objectionable manner in another state. He was arrested at 10 p.m. on Thursday, remanded to judicial custody at 6 a.m. on Friday and taken to Vellore jail. The procedures prescribed under law had been deliberately violated and the same was tainted and mala fide," Jethmalani had said.

After Saturday's scuffle before the High Court, the courts here fear that they will be the targets of agitating supporters of the Shankaracharya whose arrest has drawn the ire of Hindu groups and evoked protests from political leaders, including those like former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Arrest politically vindictive, says seer's counsel

Dismissing as "baseless" the charges against Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi, arrested on Thursday in connection with a murder, his counsel on Friday alleged that the action was "politically vindictive".  "The math is no way connected with the incident (murder). The charges are baseless and based on the confession by third party. We will seek redressal in law," advocate Y Thiyagarajan told reporters soon after the Acharya was remanded to 15 days judicial custody by a magistrate in Chennai on Friday.

Janata Party president Dr Subramaniam Swamy today said the step was a reckless infringement of his personal liberty. "Therefore, if later the Sankaracharya is acquitted by court, then this arrest will not only be a reckless infringement of his personal liberty, but also an unforgivable affront to the Hindu community", he said. He also condemned DMK president M Karunanidhi for expressing "glee" in the episode.  Condemning Karunanidhi for his statement, Swamy sought to know whether the DMK chief would also support the extradition and arrest of LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran, "held guilty by the Supreme Court" in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

Sonia Gandhi blamed for Shankaracharya's arrest

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal has held Congress president Sonia Gandhi responsible for the arrest of Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi of Kanchipuram. "It is quite apparent that the Shankaracharya has been framed in a criminal case. The fact that he was arrested from Congress-ruled Andhra Pradesh further exposes the political motivation behind it," Singhal said in Ayodhya on Friday night. "We are not going to tolerate this action, which is evidently motivated by none other than Sonia Gandhi who is presently the de facto super prime minister of the country," he said. 

Drawing a comparison between the status of Shankaracharya and the Pope, Singhal accused Gandhi of attempting to "Christianise" Indian society and the Left of spreading an "anti-Hindu agenda" through the Congress chief. (Refer to Congress leadership cleared seer’s arrest).

Indian English Language Media waging a sophisticated battle against Hindus?

A sophisticated battle to demean the Acharya (The Times of India under Of High Priests and their Lust for Power - timesofindia.indiatimes.c...923547.cms) and support this arrest began, as soon as the arrest happened - it seems very pre-planned and the din of this victimization through the media will only increase over the next few days.  

The Real Shankaracharya

While the mainstream media sensationalizes the latest newsmaker, often indulging in misrepresentation, let us try to examine the Shankaracharya in the eyes of millions of his followers. The Shankaracharya is a sanyasi. Sanyas, as all history books will tell you, is the last stage prescribed by the Hindu way of life. The current Shankaracharya, however, like others in his monastic lineage, did not live the other stages before dedicating his life to asceticism. He was divined by the previous Shankaracharya as the successor to the title, at whose behest he was given away to the Math by his father.

Travesty of Justice

The law usually considers an accused "innocent until proven guilty". However, in the case of Hindus -- and Hindus alone -- in India, it appears that the accused is "guilty until proven innocent". This is what has happened in the case of the Kanchi Acharya. In the case of others, it is "innocent even after proven guilty". This merely proves that if you are a non-Hindu, you are always innocent by definition.

(source: Media waging a sophisticated battle against Hindus - saag.org and The presumption of guilt - saag.org).

Nepal king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah and queen Komal Rajya Lakshmi performing 'guru pada puja' (a ritual worship of the preceptor) under the guidance of the Shankaracharya of Kanchi peeth, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, at Kamakshi temple in New Delhi.

(For more refer to chapter on Greater India: Suvarnabhumi and Sacred Angkor).

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Nepal's religious leaders from the Hindu community were unanimous in saying that a man like the Shankaracharya could not have committed the crime and urged India to accord him the respect during investigation that his stature demanded Prakash Sharan Mahat, Nepal's minister of state for foreign affairs.

Nepal greet Shankaracharya’s arrest with disbelief

Kathmandu: Nepal's prominent Hindu leaders expressed shock and amazement at the arrest of a top Hindu religious leader in India, saying religion should not be mixed with politics.

"We say religion should guide all aspects of life, from politics to business," he said. "But in this case, it is politics that is guiding religion."

"We can't believe that a man of his stature would do such a thing," said retired army general, Bharat Keshar Simha, president of Nepal's World Hindu Federation (WHF), a Hindu group with close ties to India and elsewhere. Nepal is the only Hindu country in the world and its king is regarded as the sovereign of Hindus all over the world.

The arrested Shankaracharya came to Kathmandu in 1988 to attend the Second World Hindu Conference. He has paid several visits to Nepal and is revered by its royal family. "We can't believe that a man of his stature can even contemplate (murder)," said Basanta Chaudhury, head of the Pashupatinath Area Development Trust, the Kathmandu-based organisation entrusted with the upkeep of the shrine.  

Nepal's religious leaders from the Hindu community were unanimous in saying that a man like the Shankaracharya could not have committed the crime and urged India to accord him the respect during investigation that his stature demanded Prakash Sharan Mahat, Nepal's minister of state for foreign affairs. “The Shankaracharya is a towering personality and commands Nepal's respect. But the law must be allowed to take its course.” Leading Nepalese industrialist Rajendra Khetan, who heads the Nepal Britain Chamber of Commerce, said the business and industrial lobby in Nepal was concerned about the arrest and is likely to petition the Indian government.

Calling his arrest as a conspiracy hatched by "Christian" Sonia Gandhi, leader of the ruling Congress party in India, Indian communist parties and the Pope, the Hindu Jagran Manch, Nepal  said a man of the Shankaracharya's stature should be treated with the deference he is entitled to until proved guilty.

(source: Nepal greet Shankaracharya’s arrest with disbelief - newindpress.com and Hindu organisations in Nepal pray for Shankaracharya's release). 

Muslim clerics rise to seer's defence, want him freed 

(source: Muslim clerics rise to seer's defence, want him freed - newindpress.com).

Why Shankaracharya's arrest was in bad taste

I support the basic principle that everyone is equal before the law. But why is there one treatment for a Laloo Prasad Yadav and another for a Jayendra Saraswati? I hope the courts sort out the mess as quickly as possible, not just the murder of Sankararaman but also the original charges raised by the victim about criminal misuse of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham's funds. But given the way in which the prime minister, the Union home minister, and the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh rushed to excuse themselves, it seems those three worthies at least have no great confidence in the case against Jayendra Saraswati!

(source: Why Shankaracharya's arrest was in bad taste - By T V R Shenoy - rediff.com).

'Kanchi seer's arrest has shaken Hindu psyche'

New age guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Saturday said that the arrest of Kanchi Shankaracharya in a murder case has "shaken Hindu psyche" and appealed to the people not to turn it into a communal issue.

"His holiness has appealed to the people to keep calm and not to make the present crisis that Hinduism is going through into a communal issue. He said the news of the Kanchi seer's arrest on Diwali day has shaken the Hindu psyche", the guru's Art of Living foundation said in a statement from Rishikesh in Uttaranchal. "Saints cannot even think of committing such a crime. At a time when such an accusation has been made, all that one can say is that saints should keep a watch on people around them", the statement quoted the spiritual teacher as saying.

A blot on Indian Culture and Civilization
Kanchi Seer's arrest sparks nationwide protests

Terming the seer's arrest as "a blot" on the great Indian culture and civilization. "India is a religious country. Injustice and humiliation to religious gurus cannot be tolerated. We have the tradition of holding them in the highest possible esteem," Atal Behari Vajpayee said amidst thunderous applause from a 10,000-strong crowd at Parliament Street.

"Everybody is pained at the kind of treatment that is being given to the Shankaracharya. Can't we have a uniform set of yardsticks for all the religious heads?" Echoing a similar view, Asaram Bapu said the countrymen would no longer bow before injustice. "Hindu sahishnu hai, per kayaar aur moorkh nahi hain. (Hindus are tolerant, but that doesn't mean they are cowards and fools). History is a testimony to this fact. We are distressed but we will not let our distress last too long,"

Sudhanshuji Maharaj said: "Even in independent India, the institution of great religious belief and attachment has come under attack. It is a humiliation of the Hindu society. In such a situation, one can't give sermons for peace.  

Speaking on the occasion, former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar said: "Whatever is happening is bad omen for the country's future. Let us face this grave situation jointly. One should not forget that any move to damage the country's tradition ultimately leads to the nation's disintegration. The arrest of the Shankaracharya should be seen in this context." 

Recalling his meeting with the Shankaracharya, former Defence Minister George Fernandes said: "I have no words to describe the kind of mental agony he is passing through. He feels the Government finished in one hour what he got in 50 years. I was not allowed to talk to him much by the police and jail officials. We will, however, ensure the truth comes out. For this, we will go even for a movement." Joining the fast, former President R Vekatraman said: "The Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Mutt represents the most ancient tradition of India. A lot of social work is done by the Shankaracharya to help the needy from all religions. Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati preached and practiced religious co-existence. His arrest has agitated the people across the globe."

Numb stupefaction gives way to anger  

The arrest of Kanchi seer Jayendra Saraswathi in a murder case today sparked widespread protests across the country with saffron outfit VHP vowing to avenge the step terming it as a grave attack on Hindus. Enraged over Pontiff's arrest, several Hindu organisations staged sit-ins and day-long fasts, held protest marches and blocked traffic prompting police to use force to scatter protesters in Andhar Pradesh. In the national cap