FROM THE YEAR 2001, SELF AND MY WIFE HAVE THE HABIT OF VISITING VARANASI DURING DEEPAVALI AND HAVE REAL GANGA SNANAM WITH SO MANY FRIENDS IN MAHALAKSHMI YATRA SERVICE. IN THE YEAR 2004, ON THE DEEPAVALI DAY, WE GOT THE NEWS THAT SHREE JAYENDRA SARASWATHI WAS ARRESTED ON MURDER CHARGES AND NO ONE BELIEVED BUT LATTER CONFIRMED BY T.V.REPORTS. MANY OF US WERE SHOCKED, I WAS BAFFLED AND BECAME BLANK. TO OVERCOME THE SHOCK,I WENT TO VISWANATH TEMPLE WERE I SAW SO MANY SADHUS,SWAMIJIS SHOUTING AND DEBATING OVER THE ARREST AND POLICE CONTROLLING THEM.
IN THE EVENING,DASHASWAMEDHA GHAT WHERE GANGA AARTHI PERFORMED AN GOOD NUMBER OF SADHUS WITH PUBLIC DEMONSTRATED AND CONDEMNED THE ARREST OF ACHARYA. ON SEEING "THE HINDU" NEXT DAY, WE WERE TOTALLY SURPRISED TO SEE NO PROTEST OR DEMONSTRATION IN CHENNAI. I WAS TOTALLY PERPLEXED BY PEOPLE IN ACTION AND INDIFFERENT MOOD TO THE ACHARYA WHO PRAYED AND WISHED FOR THEIR HEALTH,WEALTH AND WELFARE. WHAT AN INJUSTICE AND SELFISHNESS EXHIBITED BY LOCAL COMPATRIOTS? IT IS A BIG EYE OPENER OF WHERE WE STAND FOR. ON MY ARRIVAL I ATTENDED MEETINGS CONDUCTED BY HINDU MUNNANI, VISHWA HINDU PARISHAD, AND B.J.P., I WAS TOTALLY FURIATED AND UPSET OVER REPUTED TAMIL JOURNALS CASTIGATING STORIES ON ACHARYA AND KANCHI MUTT. DURING THAT PERIOD, NEITHER THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE KANCHI MUTT,SCHOLARS, PUNDITS WHO ADORNED KANCHI MUTT BECAME SPINELESS AND BECAME REDUNDANT.
FOR MY MENTAL SATISFACTION I STARTED ATTENDING ALL PROTEST MEETINGS AND DEMONSTRATION BY WHICH I FELT THAT I AM DOING SOME THING MY ACHARYA. ON ONE EVENTUAL DAY OF POOJYA SHREE ACHARYA'S RELEASE FROM THE VELLORE JAIL AT THE INSTANCE OF COURT ORDER WE GOT THE NEWS THAT GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO ARREST JUNIOR PONTIFF SHREE VIJAYENDRA SARASWATHI AT KANCHIPURAM AND B.J.P.,VISWA HINDU PARISHAD ARRANGED PROTEST DEMONSTATIONS AT VARIOUS PLACES. I ALONG WITH 40 TO 50 PERSONS DEMONSTRATED BEFORE SAIDAPET COLLECTORATE AND AFTER ONE HOUR DEMONSTRATIONS WE WERE ARRESTED AND PUT INSIDE A NEARBY KALYANA MANDAPAM BY 10.30 AM AND RELEASED AT 8.30 PM. OH! OH! WHAT AN EXPERIENCE AND PLEASURE I HAD! REALLY RELISHING MOMENTOUS MOMENT OF JOY AND HAPPINESS; THAT HAPPINESS ONLY CAN BE EXPERIENCED.
ON RELEASE FROM THE JAIL NEWS GATHERING SPINELESS JOURNALISTS ASKED THE EXPERIENCES OF ACHARYA, HE REPLIED WITH CALMNESS, "IN THIS BIRTH, I NEVER EVER WANTED TO HARM ANYONE, PROBABLY THE PRARAPTHA KARMA'S EFFECTS MADE ME TO EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS. I REALLY FEEL SAD DURING MY PERIOD,THE MUTT WITH GREAT TRADITIONS AND HISTORY EXPERIENCES THIS MUCH OF ONSLAUGHT FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT WORTH THE SALT". WHAT AN TRUE SENSE OF FEELINGS OF THIS SACRED SAINT WHICH HAS TO BE REMEMBERED BY ONE AND ALL. TRUTH AND TRUST SELDOM FAIL. WITH TOTAL SINCERITY I ALSO STARTED PRAYING ALMIGHTY TO PUNISH THE EGOISTIC CORRUPT CRIMINALS. THOSE WHO MADE DRASTIC REMARKS ON MAHA PERIYAVAL,SAGE AND SAINT SHREE CHANDRASEKHARENDRA SARASWATHI SWAMIGAL BRINDAVANAM AS JUST A SAMMADHI AND THE POLICE FELLOW WHO WITH SHOES ON TO ARREST SHREE VIJAYENDRA SWAMIGAL INSIDE THE MUTT WERE THROWN OUT OF THEIR EGOIST POWER FOR EVER AND NEVER EVER THEY WILL BE IN POWER BECAUSE OF THEIR DEEDS. THIS INCIDENT IS AN OPENER FOR EVERYONE OF US IS TO BE REMEMBERED FOR EVER. GOD WILL DEFINITELY TEST GURUJI'S AND BHAKTHAS BUT PROTECT THEM LIKE BHAKTHA RAMADAS WHO WAS PUT INTO THE JAIL AND CAME OUT WITH MORE POWERFUL AND BRIGHTNESS. TRUTH REMAINS FOR EVER TO PROTECT GOOD HUMAN BEINGS.
SATHYAM EVA JAYATHE.
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