As per the instructions of the Shankaracharya of Jyotish Peeth Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, the broken idol of Adi Shankaracharya installed at the Kashi Vishwanath temple gate at Dedsipul in Dashashwamedh area was covered on Sunday. Media in-charge of Jyotishapeethadishwar Sanjay Pandey said that one of the hands of the idol of Adi Shankaracharya, located above the entrance of the Kashi Vishwanath temple near Dedhsipul on Dashashwamedh Marg, was broken for months.
According to him, when Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand came to know about it, he was extremely heartbroken and got upset. He also shared the picture of the broken idol on his Facebook Page expressing his anger. On the instruction of the Shankaracharya, under the leadership of Sanjay Pandey a team went to Dedsipul and covered the broken idol with saffron cloth. Later, the delegation also informed the Kashi Vishwanath temple administration about the sentiments of the Shankaracharya Ji Maharaj.
Pandey urged the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kashi Vishwanath temple Sunil Verma and urged either to replace the broken idol or allow him to repair the same. The CEO said that it is a matter related to the Tourism department but he promised that the broken idol would be repaired by Monday. In this direction, before covering the broken idol, Pandey also talked to ACP Dashashwamedh Awadhesh Pandey over phone. He was accompanied by Satish Agrahari, Rakesh Pandey, Vineet Shankar Gupta etc in the delegation.
NCC cadets take out rally: The NCC cadets of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University (SSU) on Sunday organised a programne on varsity campus and also took out an awareness rally to make the students and common people aware of the ill impact of drugs under the Drug-Free India Fortnight. The NCC cadets of SSU are organising Stuff-Free India Fortnight from June 12 in the compliance of the directives of Narco Coordination Mechanism Centre and it will conclude on Monday.
The NCC Officer Dr Satyendra Kumar Yadav said that the drug is root cause of all the diseases and added that the drug addiction is a mental disease and it spoils the life not only of a person but also of the family.
The key speaker and Dean of Ved-Vedang Faculty Prof Amit Kumar Shukla said that the drug harms not only the body but also the mind and a drug addict suffers from many diseases.
The PRO of the university Shashindra Mishra emphasised on making a drug-free campaign as a mass movement and said that drug addiction keeps the person away from the family and drug addicts suffer from the negativism which spoils the life. The cadets also took out a rally from the varsity to Jagatganj and made people aware of its adverse impact on body as well as life through posters and banners.