Jesus, also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ spent years studying in Odisha and learning about devotion ‘Bhakti Yoga’ under Den lang, a Buddhist monk, at Biswanathmundia of Delang. He studied the ancient Vedic scriptures and after finishing his study, he returned to Jerusalem and started his mission, said historian Prof Dr Himansu Sekhar Patnaik on the occasion of the 5th State-level conference of Bharatiya Itihas Sankalana Samiti, Odisha held here on Sunday.
The missing years of history of Jesus were omitted by the British Raj and history was rewritten according to western culture for their political benefits, he added.
The purpose of the conference was to sensitise historians, researchers and intellectuals to rewrite the history of Odisha as well as India. The writing should be in accordance with the chronological facts and figures, devoid of any prejudice whatsoever.
Further rewriting of the “Bharatya Itihas” will be in the light of modern scientific researches and new archaeological findings in order to bring about true, integrated and comprehensive history of our country including all social, cultural, spiritual, economic, political and all other relevant aspects of our national life, he said.
Therefore, archaeological, literary, epigraphic and numismatic sources are to be taken up to understand the evolution of Odishan society from remote Stone Age culture up to late medieval period, he maintained.
Prof Dr Narayan Rao, vice president of Akhila Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana, New Delhi said historians have been exposed to western distortions, which created a false impression of Indian cultural diversity, and screened its uniformly Aryan past. Beneath the diversity of India’s culture is a unifying Hindu culture, he opined.
Among others, Prof Dr Ramachandra Mishra, Prof Dr Mamata Dash and Prof Dr Dadhimanaba Misha spoke.