, Oct 25 (IANS) Mahant Ravindra Puri will be the new president of the Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP), the apex Hindu religious body of the 13 monastic orders of the country.He will be replacing Mahant Narendra Giri, who had allegedly .
Prayagraj: Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) president Narendra Giri on Monday demanded that the Parishad should be included in the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, a trust set up for the construction and management of Shri Ram temple in Ayodhya by the Government of India.
Giri put forward the demand to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, whom he met in Chitrakoot on Monday. ABAP is the apex-decision making body of the 13 recognised Hindu religious akharas or monastic orders of the country.
“On behalf of ABAP, I have demanded from Bhagwat that the Parishad should be included in the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. Further, two jagatgurus and mahants of the three Ani akharas of ABAP were made ex-officio members of the trust. Along with this, ABAP president and general secretary should be included in the Trust as members,” Giri told TOI on Tuesday.
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