Omkar Dattatray
Hindu unity is the need of the hour in India and realizing its necessity and value Kathavachak and good orator Devkinandan and Hindu religious guru Shri Dhrindra Krishna Shastari popularly known as Baba Bhageshwar have rightly given clarion calls for Hindu unity in the country as unity among different sects of people of the Hindu community is necessary for the safety, dignity of Hindu’s and also for keeping Hindu’s as majority community in the country called as Bharat in the country’s constitution .These calls for unity are neither reactionary nor aggressive and nor communal and sectarian ,it only emphasizes that Hindu community which stands divided and thus is subject to exploitation and even assaults should unite to protect itself from the anti-social elements and the radicals among Muslim minority .Moreover planned efforts are underway to change the demography of the country and reduced the majority Hindu community to minority .Therefore the religious gurus ,saints ,religious orators and Kathawachaks have taken upon themselves the responsibility and mantle of awakening Hindu community so that they forge unity among their divisions and sects so that the community is guarded from the onslaughts of the fundamentalists and radicals and those publicly daring the inhuman and anti Hindu slogans of Sar Tan Se Juda .There is urgent and utmost need and necessity of Hindu unity in the country so that in the only Hindu majority country of the world ,Hindu’s live with head high and with safety and dignity .As the conditions are emerging in the country and in the face of anti -Hindu sentiments spreading across various parts of the country ,there is utmost urgency and need that already divided and fragmented Hindu community is united so that they can live with safety and dignity in their own country as the the whole world there is no place for them to live and grow .So there is need for Hindu’s to unite and leave behind their divisions ,after all the people in the various divisions in Hinduism are after all Hindu’s and so they should forge unity among themselves if their religious freedom and their Muths ,Minders are to be saved .Realizing the need for unity in the Hindu society ,Devkinandan the religious orator and religious guru and popular young saint Baba Bhageshwar have realized the need for unity among different sects and divisions of Hindu society and both these have initiated way and means of awakening the Hindu society .In this regard Devkinandan had recently organized a Sanatan dhram sansad ,the aim was to impress and demand the government to accept the constitution of a sanatan board to protect the Hindu temples and muths in the country on the pattern of Waqf board .He organized a big gathering of Hindu saints, seers and common Hindu’s in national capital Delhi to awaken them from deep slumber and to unite them to meet the challenges prevailing in the country .Similarly Dhram Guru and saint Dhrindra Krishna Shastri popularly known as Baba Bagheswar is taking a Pad Yatra in MP’s Chatterpur which is attended by thousands of Hindus and hundreds of saints to awaken the Hindu society with the aim and noble mission of forging unity among Hindu community which today stands divided on caste lines .There is utmost need to break the shackles of division in the Hindu society and instead forge unity among Hindus .It is worth mentioning that in the neighboring Bangladesh ,Hindu’s are being persecuted ,killed and enormous atrocities are being meted to them and there the Muslims did not differentiate between Hindus and Hindus while heaping untold miseries on the innocent Hindu’s .So Hindu’s in India who are a divided lot should understand that caste division will not give any relief to the divided society but will only increase the chances of their discrimination and atrocities as well as exploitation .Therefore solution to all ills and vices of Hindu society lie on making unity among the divided community so that they will live a life of security and honor in their own country ,where the voices of their suppression and exploitation occur because of the interventions of the radicalized Muslim community .Baba Bagheshwar is on the Pad yatra with hundreds and thousands of people in MP’s Chattirpur and adjoining areas to awaken the Hindu’s from deep slumber with the aim of forging much need and valued unity among the Hindu society which stands widely divided to its detriment .The Hindu’s should appreciate the nicety and need of unity among Hindu’s and so make concerted efforts to unite the divided Hindu society .It is pertinent to mention that Dhrindra Krishna Shastari of Bageshwarv Dham launched the 160 km ‘Hindu Ekta Yatra’,urging unity and eliminating caste-based discrimination ,untouchability and social divisions .The Hindu saint Baba Bhageshwar launched the ‘Hindu Ekta Yatra’ on Thursday ,starting from Bageshwar Dham in Chhattarpur ,Madhya Pradesh .The 160km yatra aims to unite Hindu’s by addressing and eliminating caste system that continues to divide the community .He emphasized the need to eradicate untouchability ,discrimination and social divisions in Hindu religion .Shastri stated that the purpose of this Yatra is to unite Hindu’s by removing the caste system and the animosity that divides us .He stressed the significance of nationalism ,declaring that love for the country should always come first .He further said the national anthem should be played everywhere ,including in temples and mosques .The ongoing nine day yatra will cover 160 km and is scheduled to conclude in Orchha on November 29.Shastri and thousands of his devotees are walking 20 km every day to spread the message of unity.MP Chief minister Dr Mohan Yadav extended his best wishes to Shastri for the success of the yatra. This Yatra is not against any community and more so against the Muslim community .But surprisingly there is heart burn and head ache among some Moulana’s of the Muslim community and they see it as a threat to communal harmony and secularism .It the height that some Muslim leaders have requested the government to stop the Hindu unity march .But it is unlikely to find favor in the rulers who wholeheartedly are supporting this Yatra .This Yatra is not for division and disharmony but for unity in the already divided Hindu society .All should support this Yatra which is for unity among Hindus and at the same time it is not against any community and therefore no community should feel scared from the Yatra as the aim of this Yatra is harmony and not dis-harmony .Dhrindra Shastri needs to be appreciate for embarking on the noble mission and aim of Hindu unity .However it is not that easy to forge Hindu unity and for this noble cause all the Hindus should rise above caste divisions and forge genuine unity among Hindus which is the need and necessity and all should cooperate so that the Yatra will be a success.
(The author is a columnist, social and KP activist)
