Nepal must maintain Hindu status: Puri Shankaracharya

Puri, June 2: Puri Goberdhan Peeth Shankaracharya Swamy Nischalananda today urged the intellectuals of Nepal to prevail upon their Parliament to maintain its status as a Hindu kingdom.

The Shankaracharya said the rulers in Nepal should adopt a constitution in which where in every citizen has equal opportunity in all respects, though the country should officially remain a Hindu state.

In a letter to the Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr Shankaracharya the saint urged him to maintain the country's Hindu status irrespective of its democratic constitution. It was the only Hindu country of the world and it should reflect its Hindu identity in the globe, he added.

There were ample examples in history about Hindu kings ruling their subjects without prejudice to any particular religion, he told a news conference here.

He said during the time of Aadi Shanker who first established the Goberdhan Peeth at Puri, Nepal was placed under the Peeth here and added it was now his duty to provide directions to the Nepali people.

Describing Nepalese as simple, innocent and peace loving, Swamy Nischalananda said a few Maoists could not represent or dictate the country.

UNI

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