16Photo© hindustantimes.comWhy no outrage on four Shankaracharyas not attending Ram temple inauguration, asks Congress
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The Congress on Friday asked why there was no outrage on four shankaracharyas – pontiffs of major Hindu shrines – not attending the Ram temple inauguration in Ayodhya.
The shankaracharyas head four shrines called peeths situated in Joshimath in Uttarakhand, Dwarka in Gujarat, Puri in Odisha and Sringeri in Karnataka. The shrines were founded by eighth-century religious scholar Adi Shankaracharya.
In a video posted on his official X handle on January 9, Joshimath shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati said that none of the four pontiffs will be in Ayodhya on January 22 as the consecration was being done before the construction of the temple was completed.
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