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Last Tuesday, Mohan Bhagwat, accompanied by the Chhattisgarh RSS functionaries went to the Chandrakhuri town, about 23 km from capital Raipur, to visit the Kaushalya temple, which is known as the only temple dedicated to Lord Ram’s mother.
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HomePolitical PulseRow over Bhagwat's temple visit on CM Baghel’s invite as BJP slams Cong for ‘politicising religion’
Row over Bhagwat’s temple visit on CM Baghel’s invite as BJP slams Cong for ‘politicising religion’
Last Tuesday, Mohan Bhagwat, accompanied by the Chhattisgarh RSS functionaries went to the Chandrakhuri town, about 23 km from capital Raipur, to visit the Kaushalya temple, which is known as the only temple dedicated to Lord Ram’s mother.
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Raipur | Updated: September 17, 2022 7:05:18 pm
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (File)The RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent visit to the Kaushalya temple in Chhattisgarh following an invitation from Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has stirred up a fresh row between the ruling Congress and the principal Opposition BJP in the state.
Last Tuesday, Bhagwat, accompanied by the Chhattisgarh RSS functionaries went to the Chandrakhuri town, about 23 km from capital Raipur, to visit the Kaushalya temple, which is known as the only temple dedicated to Lord Ram’s mother.
Part of the Ram Van Gaman Paryatan Paripath, the tourism circuit based on the route believed to have been taken by Ram in Chhattisgarh in the years that he spent in exile, the temple was renovated by the Baghel-led government in 2021. Baghel had also held his government’s second anniversary celebrations at Chandrakhuri in 2021.
Baghel publicly invited Bhagwat to visit the Kaushalya temple when the latter arrived in Raipur to attend an RSS conclave in Raipur earlier this week. Later, the CM said in a tweet, “We had invited Mohan Bhagwat ji to visit Mata Kaushalya temple. I am sure he must have felt a sense of peace upon reaching there. He must have realised the new form of the temple, the love of Maa Kaushalya and the power of Bhancha Ram.” He had also invited Bhagwat to visit a gothan (cow shelter) and a school where Sanskrit was recently made a compulsory subject.
As the RSS expressed reservation over the CM’s invite to its chief through media, the Congress dispensation sent its Raipur leader Gireesh Dubey to hand over a formal invite to Bhagwat last Monday. At the same time, the Congress criticised the RSS chief for “waiting for an invitation” to visit the temple, saying that “Our CM had invited him (Bhagwat). But through the media, they expressed their unawareness. We are here to invite him formally”.
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