Kedarnath priest threatens bhoomi samadhi if Uttarakhand doesn’t scrap Char Dham Board

After a protest of just about two months in opposition to the formation of the Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board, a priest from Kedarnath has now threatened to take bhoomi samadhi (bury himself alive).

Santosh Trivedi, the priest protesting since June 12 sits exterior the temple naked chested and meditates as an indication of dissent, demanding the dissolution of the Board.

The monks’ neighborhood within the state has been demanding the dissolution of Devasthanam Board and withdrawal of the Kedarnath grasp plan.

Brijesh Sati, spokesperson for Devbhoomi Tirtha Purohit Haqhakudhari Mahapanchayat, a monks’ physique within the state stated that Trivedi has knowledgeable all different monks that he’ll discover an auspicious time for bhoomi Samadhi at Kedarnath.

“Upset with the state government’s response towards his protests, with no call for an amicable conversation Acharya Trivedi has decided to take bhoomi samadhi near Shankaracharya’s Samadhi at Kedarnath shrine. He will consult with priests of all the four shrines and find an auspicious time before the bhoomi samadhi,” stated Sati.

Vinod Shukla, president of Kedarnath Tirtha Purohit Mahasabha, stated, “First the government constituted the Devasthanam Board without the consent of the priests and after that, under the Master Plan, efforts are being made to take over the property of Kedarnath’s priests’ under its control. We will continue to strongly oppose this move.”

Officials from the Char Dham Devasthanam Board, couldn’t be reached for a remark.

On July 21, the Uttarakhand excessive court docket dismissed the general public curiosity litigation (PIL) filed by Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy in opposition to the state authorities’s takeover of the Char Dhams and 51 different shrines by way of the formation of the Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board.

The court docket dominated that the possession of the temple properties would vest in Char Dham shrines and energy of the Board can be confined solely to the administration and administration of the properties.

Last December, the Uttarakhand meeting had handed the Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board Bill.

In January, Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya gave her assent for the Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act, 2019.

Aggrieved monks had threatened that they might transfer the HC in opposition to the Act, as they claimed to have been stored at nighttime in regards to the new legislation.

They had alleged that the federal government took the step to make sure its management over shrine-related points, bypassing the highly effective priest neighborhood.