Kanchi seer arriving in city today
Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Jayendra Saraswati, who had initiated a peace process between Hindus and Muslims on Ram temple issue, will be visiting the state on Wednesday and Thursday.

The office of the Jagadguru Sri Shankaracharya Swamigal here in Ahmedabad informed that the primary aim of the Shankaracharya’s visit is spiritual. "He is coming here in connection with the 50th peetharohana swarna jayanti mahotsava of the Kanchi Kamakoti Math.

The Shankaracharya is scheduled to visit Somnath on Wednesday morning to conduct bhoomipuja of Adi Shankara temple. He will give public darshan in Ahmedabad on the same evening at Tagore hall. Chief minister Narendra Modi and Pramukh Swami Maharaj of BAPS would also be present at the public function.

On Thursday, he will be present at the main centre of math in state on the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar highway near Gota. The Shankaracharya plans to build a full-fledged centre on 9,000-sq. metre land given by the state government to the math. The math has already built Kanchi Shankara public school with the state of the art construction proposes to provide elementary education in English

and Gujarati medium. They plan to build a Vedapathashala with certified courses in advanced learning of Vedas, along with accommodation facilities.

The math also plans to construct Adi Shankara temple at the centre on the Sarkhej-Gnahdinagar highway.

However, Mr Jayant Trivedi of the math denied that Shankaracharya will be conducting parleys with either the VHP or state BJP regarding the Ram temple issue.

Republished from The Asian Age