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Dear All,

Kanchi Kamakoti's statement in The Hindu.

Regards,
Kavalkazhani Venkatakrishnadasan
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Source: The Hindu 
(http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/03/18/stories/2004031811860500.htm)

Tamil Nadu
  

It is all media's making, says Kanchi Acharya



By Our Special Correspondent




CHENNAI,


MARCH 17.

Making it clear that he had not made any derogatory remark against the 
Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala or the affairs of Vaishnavaite temples, the 
Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, today said "it was the media's 
making".

Presiding over Peetharohana Swarna Jayanti celebrations, organised by the Adi 
Sankara Advaita Research Centre (ASARC) here, he said Lord Venkateswara was his 
family deity. 

"We, at the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, have never disrespected the temple or the 
daily rituals conducted in the temple, which draws a large number of pilgrims, 
not only from within the country but from all over the globe." 

The Acharya said he held Sri Ramanujar in great esteem. 

"I do not want to address a separate media conference to make this point clear. 
I am using this function in the presence of the public to make this 
clarification." 

He rendered Anugraha Bhashanam in the presence of Sri Sankara Vijayendra 
Saraswathi.

Underscoring the importance of Vaishnavism and the Vedas and their bearing on 
the Hindu religion, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi appealed to the general public to 
continue to preserve the tenets of the religion and propagate the lofty ideals 
of Veda Sastras. If one spoke about Vaishnavism, it did not mean the person 
carried ill-feelings about Advaita or Saivism.

The Kanchi Acharyas then released a book on the `Aesthetic value in Indian 
Philosophy,' a special souvenir and a book titled `The Voice of Sankara.'

Delivering the Peetharohana Svarna Jayanthi address, M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman 
of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), highlighted how religion 
and science were inseparable among the common masses.

V.M. Rajasekharan, Chief Executive Officer of ITC — Agarbati business; R. 
Balasubramanian, former Chairman, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New 
Delhi; C.N. Ramachandran, president; and G. Natarajan, secretary, ASARC, spoke.








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