The Shankara Jayanti — the birth commemoration of Adi Guru Shankaracharya, who was the pioneer of ‘Advaita’ theory, was praised with enthusiasm on Thursday.
Strict heads from a few pieces of the nation, including Swami Vishwathmananda Saraswati from the Sunderbani ashram, met at the Shankaracharya slope sanctuary here on the event.
“Consistently, individuals from all through the nation visit Srinagar on Shankara Jayanti with a strategic appeal to God for harmony and public agreement and for a solid country. Adi Guru Shankaracharya was conceived in Kerala 2,000 years prior. The holy person voyaged a large number of kilometers from Kerala and came to Kashmir to ponder at the Shankaracharya slope, Srinagar, to spread the message of harmony to humankind,” a coordinator of the occasion said.
He said ‘abhishek’ was performed for world tranquility on the event and a few clerics from Kanchi Mutt, Tamil Nadu, too were available. He said the ministers performed “homa, havan and yagna” for harmony in the nation.
“The Ramakrishna Mission, Srinagar, showed books on the educating of Rama Krishna Paramahamsa to spread his message of general fraternity. A few dislodged Kashmiri Pandits, drove by Ravinder Pandita, likewise came to petition God for their quiet come back to the Valley,” he included.