Rashtreeya Swayamsevak Sangh
Akhil Bharateeya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS)
March 7, 8 and 9, 2014
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Statement issued by Shri Suresh Bhayyaji Joshi, Sarkaryavah, RSS on
The conspiracy to malign revered saint Mata Amritanandamayi Amma
Mata Amritanandamayi – Amma to millions – is a world renowned Hindu saint with a following that cuts across geography, religion, race and community. She has blessed the lives of millions of suffering humanity through her healing touch of boundless love and affection. This ‘Hugging saint’ has received international accolades from the United Nations and many counties for her relentless efforts at alleviating human misery. A personification of divine love, Amma maintains a gruelling schedule of travel to every nook and corner of the world, giving nigh-long sermons, answering the questions of thousands of devotees with utmost patience and responding to thousands of mails and letters. She also administers and manages countless social service projects for the benefit of the poor and needy. Through her hardwork, Amma has inspired a worldwide philanthropic movement.
It is shocking to see such a noble soul being targeted with malice and malevolence by certain evil groups in the West, whose credentials are highly suspect. The book Holy Hell is a despicable attempt by the enemies of Sanatana Dharma and humanity to tarnish the reputation of a great Dharmic movement, the growing influence of which is probably seen as a threat by the fundamentalist and obscurantist religious zealots of the West.
The timing of the book, the totally false and unsubstantiated allegations hurled at Amma’s movement in that book and the immediate lapping up of those vicious and abusive contents by a well-known anti-Hindu section of the media and intelligentsia smack of a sinister international conspiracy. Several Hindu saints and missions were targeted in similar manner in the past too.
We strongly condemn these shameful attempts to berate a holy saint like Amma and call upon the entire Hindu society and the right-thinking world to denounce those behind these machinations as the enemies of humanity.
On behalf of the RSS, I reiterate our utmost reverence for Amma and her mission, and extend support to all the efforts in challenging the nefarious conspiracy against her and other Hindu saints and institutions.
(Statement issued on March 09, 2014)
Rashtreeya Swayamsevak Sangh
Akhil Bharateeya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS)
March 7, 8 and 9, 2014
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Statement issued by Shri Suresh Bhayyaji Joshi, Sarkaryavah, RSS on Renowned Freedom Fighter Rani Ma Guidenlu Birth Centenary
Langkao
is a village nestled in the serene Himalayan ranges situated in the
North Eastern state of Manipur. Hundred years ago, on 26 January
1915, Rani Ma Gaidenlu was born in this village. She was bestowed
with great spiritual powers. She had realised and visualised the
threats posed by the British empire and Christian missionaries to the
Dharma, culture and tradition of Bharat. In 1928 Rani Ma, accompanied
by her brother Hepau Zadonang, visited Guwahati and met Mahatma
Gandhiji to have a serious discussion about these threats.
Immediately after that, just at the age of 13, she plunged into an
armed rebellion along with her brother Zadonang against the British
empire. Zadonang, along with thousands of followers, launched a
massive revolt against the British for independence. He was captured
on 29 August 1931 and condemned to death by hanging using fictitious
accusations. After the death of Zadonang, leadership of the rebellion
went into the hands of Rani Ma Guidenlu. Rani Ma mobilised the local
people living in the hills and took on the British. Unfortunately she
too was captured in 1932. She was just 16 at that time. The British
had sent her off on life imprisonment.
Shri
Jawaharlal Nehru had visited Rani Ma in Shillong jail in 1937 and
pronounced her as the 'Rani' of the entire North Eastern hills. She
was set free only after the Independence in 1947. Her reputation as
Rani Ma continued afterwards. Despite harsh jail term for 15 years,
Rani Ma had not rested after the release. She got engaged in struggle
against the religious conversions in the NE hills and the
anti-national activities of the Naga National Council. She had to
live underground because of that between 1959 and 1966. After
prolonged conflicts she breathed her last on 17 February 1993.
The
Government of Bharat felicitated her with Padma Bhushan in
recognition of the yeomen services she had rendered to the freedom
movement and protection of the people living in the NE hills.
It
is a matter of pride to all of us that the activists of Vanvasi
Kalyan Ashram have made enormous efforts to carry the story of
struggle and sacrifice if Rani Ma to the nook and corner of the
country. Followers of Rani Ma have instituted Zaliang Rang Harakka
Association in her sacred memory. They decided to celebrate Rani Ma's
birth centenary from 26
Jan 2014 to 26 Jan 2015.
Activists of Kalyan Ashram will join them in the celebrations to make
them a success.
We
commend the initiatives of the Zaliang Rang Harakka Association and
Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram. We welcome these efforts to take the inspiring
life stories of the heroes of the North East to rest of the country.
It is our national duty to familiarise our countrymen about the
inspiring lives of those great national leaders born in the North
East. We call upon the patriotic countrymen to accord national honour
to the heroic and inspiring life of Rani Ma by extending wholehearted
support to all the activities being undertaken as part of her birth
centenary.
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