Intensifying the agitation against breaking of Ram Sethu, the Rameshwaram Ram Sethu Raksha Manch has announced an all-India agitation plan in two phases. Under the first phase, Ram Sethu Rakshak Dharmyoddha would be enrolled from October 12 to 25. Along-with all Hindus, environment protectors, people who have concern for ecology, sea border safety and true development of India and the people who live on the trades related to sea (fishermen, etc.), the people who would lose their tourism related living due to breaking of Sethu, etc. can also enroll as Ram Sethu Rakshak Dharmyoddha.
Announcing the campaign, Shri S. Vedantam, working president of VHP, said upto October 25, each Dharmyoddha would perform daily recital of Hanuman Chalisa and on October 26 all the Dharmyoddha would come together for group recital of Hanuman Chalisa. Valmiki Jayanti would also be celebrated publicly on October 26.
He said under the second phase of the agitation, 5,000 Ram Sethu Shilayatras would start from 5,000 places on November 20. These yatras would carry the Ram Sethu like floating Ram stones all over the country. The yatra would go to various districts and taluka places. It would have replica of Rameshwaram Shivlingam, picture of Shri Ram and replica of Ram Sethu. The yatra would go every village of the country where hundred and thousands of people would come to have darshan of Ram Sethu Shila. He said those participating in the shilayatras would recite Om Namah Shivay daily 108 times in respect of Rameshwaram Ramlingam and to evoke powers of Shivlingam in India to save Rameshwaram temple and the Ram Sethu. Whenever the yatra would reach a village, town or the city, Rudrabhisheka would be performed on the Shivlingam of that place with water from the river, lake of that village, etc. Everyone would bring water for Rudrabhisheka from their own house too.
Shri Vedantam said both the programmes would help everyone to express their anguish in a democratic way. There are Hindus hurt by the conspiracy to break Ram Sethu and thereby to destablise Rameshwaram Shiv temple. ?We are sure they all would participate in the campaigns. We also appeal to all persons participating in all democratic agitations to be helpful to all medical emergencies, schoolchildren vehicles, old and crippled people'semergencies while proceeding on the shilayatra and also pray for their well-being,? he added. Besides these programmes, saints are also conducting padyatras across the country beginning from September 27 to October 10.
The decision of this agitation action plan was taken at a meeting of Ram Sethu Rakasha Manch held in Delhi on September 28. A committee of prominent saints to lead the movement was also constituted at the meeting. The committee has 22 leading saints from various parts of the country. (FOC)
