Priests oppose gold plating of Kedarnath partitions

By PTI

DEHRADUN: A piece of clergymen in Kedarnath have opposed the gold plating of the partitions contained in the sanctum sanctorum of the Himalayan temple saying it amounted to tampering with its centuries-old traditions.

Pilgrimage clergymen (teerth purohits) opposing the gold plating are incensed that the usage of huge drilling machines within the course of are damaging the temple’s partitions.

The 4 partitions of the famed temple have been lined with silver plates which have been eliminated to interchange them with gold plates.

The gold plating of the temple’s partitions is being carried out after a Shiva devotee from Maharashtra volunteered to make an providing of gold for the aim. His proposal was then accepted by the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee with permission from the state authorities.

“The gold plating is damaging the temple partitions. Big drilling machines are getting used for the aim.

We can not tolerate this tampering with the centuries-old traditions of the temple,” a pilgrimage priest named Santosh Trivedi mentioned in Kedarnath.

However, the clergymen are divided on the problem with some senior clergymen favouring the renovation work at the moment underway contained in the temple’s sanctum sanctorum.

Senior priest on the temple Shrinivas Posti and former president of Kedar Sabha Mahesh Bagwadi mentioned the temple is a significant centre of Sanatan religion and gold plating of its partitions is consistent with the Hindu beliefs and traditions.

Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee president Ajendra Ajay mentioned opposition to the gold plating of the temple partitions just isn’t justified as it’s being carried out in accordance with the traditions with out tampering with the unique construction.

“Renovation and beautification of the temple every so often is a standard apply. A handful of clergymen might oppose it however their consultant our bodies by no means opposed it.

Decades in the past the temple ceiling was once manufactured from grass and twigs. As the occasions modified it started to be manufactured from stones and later of copper sheets,” he mentioned.

The BKTC president additionally termed the protest as a part of “opposition propaganda.”

“Hindu temples all around the nation are symbols of grandeur. Decorating Hindu deities with gold and jewelry has been a part of our traditions.

I see nothing improper in overlaying the temple partitions with gold plates,” mentioned Ajay.

He additional added that the BKTC took due permission from the state authorities earlier than going forward with the gold plating of the temple partitions.

DEHRADUN: A piece of clergymen in Kedarnath have opposed the gold plating of the partitions contained in the sanctum sanctorum of the Himalayan temple saying it amounted to tampering with its centuries-old traditions.

Pilgrimage clergymen (teerth purohits) opposing the gold plating are incensed that the usage of huge drilling machines within the course of are damaging the temple’s partitions.

The 4 partitions of the famed temple have been lined with silver plates which have been eliminated to interchange them with gold plates.

The gold plating of the temple’s partitions is being carried out after a Shiva devotee from Maharashtra volunteered to make an providing of gold for the aim. His proposal was then accepted by the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee with permission from the state authorities.

“The gold plating is damaging the temple partitions. Big drilling machines are getting used for the aim.

We can not tolerate this tampering with the centuries-old traditions of the temple,” a pilgrimage priest named Santosh Trivedi mentioned in Kedarnath.

However, the clergymen are divided on the problem with some senior clergymen favouring the renovation work at the moment underway contained in the temple’s sanctum sanctorum.

Senior priest on the temple Shrinivas Posti and former president of Kedar Sabha Mahesh Bagwadi mentioned the temple is a significant centre of Sanatan religion and gold plating of its partitions is consistent with the Hindu beliefs and traditions.

Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee president Ajendra Ajay mentioned opposition to the gold plating of the temple partitions just isn’t justified as it’s being carried out in accordance with the traditions with out tampering with the unique construction.

“Renovation and beautification of the temple every so often is a standard apply. A handful of clergymen might oppose it however their consultant our bodies by no means opposed it.

Decades in the past the temple ceiling was once manufactured from grass and twigs. As the occasions modified it started to be manufactured from stones and later of copper sheets,” he mentioned.

The BKTC president additionally termed the protest as a part of “opposition propaganda.”

“Hindu temples all around the nation are symbols of grandeur. Decorating Hindu deities with gold and jewelry has been a part of our traditions.

I see nothing improper in overlaying the temple partitions with gold plates,” mentioned Ajay.

He additional added that the BKTC took due permission from the state authorities earlier than going forward with the gold plating of the temple partitions.