Juna Akhara Dalit seer inducts 5 SC disciples

  • | Thursday | 17th January, 2019

The male disciples would be known as 'sanyasis', while the women would be called 'gosai' and work towards preaching Sanatan dharma.The 32-year-old mahamandaleshwar said that the newly inducted disciples were earlier treated as untouchables, but would now be the torch-bearers of Sanatan dharma. ALLAHABAD: The first Dalit mahamandaleshwar of Juna Akhara, Kanhaiya Prabhunand Giri, inducted five Scheduled Caste men and women into the akhara on Wednesday.The mahamandalshwar had earlier told TOI that he wanted a 'ghar wapsi' of Dalits, STs and OBCs who had 'left' Sanatan dharma to embrace Buddhism, Christianity and Islam.

ALLAHABAD: The first Dalit mahamandaleshwar of Juna Akhara, Kanhaiya Prabhunand Giri, inducted five Scheduled Caste men and women into the akhara on Wednesday.The mahamandalshwar had earlier told TOI that he wanted a 'ghar wapsi' of Dalits, STs and OBCs who had 'left' Sanatan dharma to embrace Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. The male disciples would be known as 'sanyasis', while the women would be called 'gosai' and work towards preaching Sanatan dharma.The 32-year-old mahamandaleshwar said that the newly inducted disciples were earlier treated as untouchables, but would now be the torch-bearers of Sanatan dharma.

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