Hyderabad : Over 100 Hindu Religious Heads participate in Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha

Paush Krushna Ekadashi, Kaliyug Varsha 5111

Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha represents the collective leadership of Hindu religion. This Acharya Sabha was formed six years ago at its first meeting in Chennai on November 29, 30 and December 1, 2003. Two more meetings have taken place since, in October 2005 at Mumbai and another in February 2008 at Bangalore. These meetings were well attended by Mathadhipathis, Dharmacharyas, MahaMandaleshwars, Adheenams and heads various sampradayas comprising the Sanathana Dharma. The decisions arrived at by the Acharya Sabha are therefore binding on Hindu Society and should also be acted upon by the Government as the will of the Hindu community. The Acharya Sabha is meeting for the 4th time at Hyderabad from 9th through 11th January 2010.

Announcing the dates for the meeting, the Convener of Acharya Sabha, H.H. Swami Dayanand Saraswathi said “We have made significant progress in our first three meetings. There has been total convergence of minds amongst all the Acharyas. We now have clarity and the will to pursue on our declarations of the past. The Acharya Sabha has been recognized as the face of Hindu Society by the entire world and that is a very good starting point”. Elaborating further he said that, as the Convener of Acharya Sabha, he was invited to the UN Universal Declation of Human Rights on 10th December 2008 at The Hague, The Netherlands. There, at the Conference he was able to have a declaration passed that it would be a serous Human Rights violation if one interferes with the individual’s “freedom to have, to retain and to adopt a religion or belief of one’s personal choice without coercion or inducement”. The Acharya Sabha considers this “2008 Faith in Human Rights Statement” signed by all religious leaders as a major success for the Hindu Community at large, which has been at the receiving end of conversions for decades now.

Earlier in February 2008, Swami Dayanand Saraswathi represented the Hindus as the Convener of the Acharya Sabha in the Second Jewish-Hindu Leadership Summit. A joint declaration issued then reiterated that One Supreme Being, both in it’s formless and manifest aspects, has been worshipped by Hindus over the millennia. And different idols of Gods in Hinduism are merely the form or manifestation of One Reality, but in substance, the Hindus accept only One Reality. The joint declaration therefore was to respect the practices that define the religious identity of the Hindu community and condemn all activities that undermine their sanctity.

Swami Dayanand Saraswathi said “The Religious Heads of various Communities are very vocal in their recognition that Hindu religion is sacred and very ancient. But we still have a long way to go in getting our rights back as a majority religion in India. It is quite insulting to feel sometimes as second-class citizens in our own motherland”.

The Acharya Sabha meet in Hyderabad will therefore address the way forward on the issues that are on top of every Hindu’s mind.

1. How to attain the Right to Religion which is consistent with the “UN 2008 Faith in Human Rights Resolution.” Clearly conversion based on derogatory statements about Hinduism or coercion or inducement will have to be stopped by strong amendment in our laws.

2. Government control on Hindu places of worships must yield to autonomous bodies, run by religious minded people. There should be no role for the secular Government in running of our temples.

3. Hindus should not feel deprived and aggrieved because they constitute the majority community. All human rights must be equal irrespective of caste, creed or religion and as prescribed in the directive principle of our Constitution. The Acharya Sabha will work for a Common Civil Code, as is the case with our Common Criminal Procedure Code.

4. The cow is very sacred to all Hindus and cow slaughter is banned in our Constitution. Despite this, our law is not uniform and some States continue to allow it. The Acharya Sabha would seek a clear-cut ban on such practices.

More than 100 Peethadipathis, Matadhipathis and Mahamandaleswars will sit together at Image Gardens, Opposite to Hitech City at Madhapur, Hyderabad to discuss the above issues and other related ones. This is expected to be the largest gathering of all Dharma Acharyas of the Country concerning all Hindu Sampradayas.

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