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SHABRIKUMBH: TOWARDS A MASSIVE HINDU AWAKENING
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Shabrikumbh: towards a massive Hindu awakening
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To Protect Vanvasis, Massive Counter-Missionary
Shabarikumbh Planned
Posted January 1, 2006
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A huge kumbh (religious gathering) of Hindus is on the
cards on February 11, 12 and 13, 2006. Named Shabri Kumbh
it promises to be an unprecedented assembly of awakened
Hindus. The Kumbh will be the culmination of sustained
efforts towards awakening the Hindus in general and the
vanavasi Hindus in the Dang region of Gujarat in
particular.
Vanavasi Hindus target of Christian missionary offensive
For long, Bharat has been a special target of the
Christian Church worldwide. To the Church, the Hindus
represent the greatest stumbling block in their grand
design to establish Christs kingdom on earth. The poor,
illiterate, mild Vanvasi Hindu is an obvious target in
this nefarious scheme. For years, under the garb of
social service, the Church has been spreading its
tentacles in far-flung, tribal regions of our country.
These converted vanavasis become alienated from their
customs and traditions. They get uprooted from their
cultural milieu. Conversion to Christianity is invariably
associated with separatism and terrorism as is evident in
North-East Bharat. There are several areas in our country
which have become hotbeds of christian missionary
activity. The Dang district in Gujarat is one such area.
The word Dang is a corruption of Dandakaranya, the
legendary forest where Shri Raam and Lakshman spent some
time while in exile. It is in this region that Shabari
Mata, the immortal devotee of Shri Raam met her Lord and
lovingly offered him sweet berries which she had tasted
herself. The spot where this meeting took place is
located on Chamak hill in this region. There is a temple
of Shabari Mata at this site. The picturesque Pampa
sarovar (lake) is located in this region. Situated on the
border of Gujarat and Maharashtra, this district is
predominantly inhabited by vanavasi Hindus. The district
has 352 villages; the district headquarter is Ahwa. The
town of Navapur in Maharashtra is close to the Dang
district of Gujarat.
It is pertinent to note that the first church was
established in Dang district in 1904. Since then,
conversions to Christianity had been progressing at an
alarming rate. In the period 1991-2001, the Christian
population grew by a massive 400 per cent! The process of
self-alienation and separatism which inevitably
accompanies conversion had become visible in Dang.
Makeshift, illegal churches had mushroomed in cowsheds
and residential areas. These churches were unregistered
and illegal. Such was the terrorism of Christian
activists that it had become unsafe for Hindus to move
out of their houses after dusk. It was in the midst of
such hostile conditions that a Hindu swami descended upon
Dang
Arrival of Swami Aseemananda
Swami Aseemananda, a Hindu sannyasi heads the shraddha
vibhag of the Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram. For
over 50 years, the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram has been doing
yeoman work in the vanavasi regions of Bharat. A Bengali
by birth, Swamiji has spent several years in the Andaman
and Nicobar islands. His innovative and bold methods in
arousing the latent feeling of Hindutva amongst the
vanavasis have made him a byword in the field of Hindu
awakening. Little wonder then that Christian zealots have
made many murderous attempts on his life. Deeply
concerned by the Christianization of Dang, Swamiji
resolved to stay in Dang and foil the designs of
Christian missionaries. It was in August 1997 that this
saffron-clad sannyasi set foot in Dang. All that he
carried with him in this unfamiliar and hostile terrain
were around 500 lockets of Hanuman and an unshakeable
resolve! He would knock at the door of each house and
would ask the inmates one question, "Are you Hindu or
christian?" At the house of one such Hindu, Swamiji asked
him, "May I spend the night in your house?" The Hindu
gladly welcomed Swamiji. Swamiji kept his luggage,
distributed the Hanuman lockets to the children and asked
them to bring their Hindu friends in the evening for a
Ram katha. That night, Dang witnessed the first ever
Dharma sabha. Sensing danger, Christian missionaries
asked Swamiji, "What brings you here?" The Swami posed
them the same question. We have come here to serve the
people replied the Christian missionaries. "I have come
here to drive away those who have come here to serve"
retorted the Swami. That was the beginning of the Hindu
awakening in the Dangs.
Hindu awakening in the Dangs
In 1998, 25000 Christians embraced the religion of their
forefathers in just two months. The submissive Hindu who
had been hitherto terrorized by the Christian
missionaries began to assert himself. "Hindu jaage,
Christi bhaage" became a popular slogan of the vanavasis
of Dang. From 1998-2004, a total of 55 Vishal Hindu
Sammelans were organized. These were attended by a total
of four lakh Hindus. As Hindus objected to conversion
activities of Christian missionaries, clashes broke out.
The so-called mainstream media used this pretext to
tarnish the Hindus. In December 2004, press reporters
from 40 countries descended upon the Dangs and spread a
misinformation campaign. As a result, the court
restrained the Hindus from conducting any public ceremony
around Christmas in future. Meanwhile, the tide of Hindu
awakening only swelled. Today, Christian conversion
activities have come to a halt not only in Dangs but also
in the surrounding twelve districts.
In 2002, Hindu activists approached the famed Ramayana
kathakar Shri Morari Bapu and told him, "You mesmerise
thousands with Ram Katha. We request you to organize Ram
Katha in Dang wher Shri Raam himself spent some time".
Shri Morari Bapu readily agreed. The tremendous response
overwhelmed Shri Morari. In the course of his speech, he
spontaneously expressed the desire that a formal kumbh be
organized at the spot where Shabari Mata had met Shri
Raam. Shri Morari Bapus desire was taken up as an order
to be implemented. Thus was born the idea of Shabari
kumbh.
Scale of the Shabari Kumbh
Organizing a kumbh in a remote, heavily forested area is
a nightmare as far as logistics is concerned. It requires
steely resolve, meticulous planning and precision to make
the programme a grand success. The 352 villages in Dang
district had no electricity, or roads; the town of Ahwa
is a good 35 km from the proposed site of the kumbh There
are no medical facilities or eateries in the vicinity.
But the famed organizational might of the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh, Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, Vishwa Hindu
Parishad and other like-minded organizations is in full
gear. Realizing the importance of such a venture to the
state of Gujarat, the state government of Shri Narendra
Modi has extended full co-operation. Planning started
atleast one and a half years ago. A 250-200 hectare site
has been chosen for the kumbh. The state government has
undertaken construction of roads on a war footing. All
the 352 villages of Dang have got electrification. A
total of 22 check dams have been built on the river that
feeds the Pampa sarovar where the holy bath will take
place. A total of 20 lakh vanavasis reside in an area of
80 km around Dang. A survey of 5000 villages in Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh was completed in the initial
phase. Around 30-35 lakh vanavasis were contacted in this
massive exercise. An estimated six lakh Hindus will
attend the kumbh; of these, around two lakh are likely to
stay for all three days. To arrange for their lodging, 40
townships each with a capacity of 5000 people will be
erected. Each township will have 100 workers to look
after various arrangements such as security, food,
medical aid etc. Thus a total of 4000 workers will be
required to look after the arrangements in the townships;
an additional 2000 workers will be involved in other
arrangemets.
About 388 vanavasi janajatis and 137 urban jatis which
are currently facing missionary onslaught will be
represented at the kumbh. Further, dharmacharyas from all
over the country including 800 vanavasi sants will be
attending the kumbh and taking part in the deliberations.
Each participant will be given a locket of his
ishtadevata; Around 20 lakh lockets, 5 lakh Hanuman
chalisa and 5 lakh bhagwa dhwaj will be distributed.
Programme
11 February 2006 Shri Morari Bapu, Swami Satyamitanandji
Giri(Haridwar)
Mahila sammelan to be attended by 70-80000 women, to be
addressed by Sadhvi Shiva Saraswati
12 February 2006 Ma. Shri Sudarshanji, Swami
Avdheshananda of Juna Akhada Yuvak sammelan
13 Februray 2006 Sadhvi Ritambaraji, Shrimad
Shankaracharya of Jyotishpeeth water from sacred rivers
all over Bharat will be poured in the Pampa sarovar
There will be an exhibition of vanavasi freedom-fighters
and heroes as also sixteen vanavasi dance performances,
each of 1-2 hours duration on eight different platforms
during the kumbh.
Budget
As expected, the budget of this kumbh will run into
crores. Even at the rate of Rs. 6 per food plate, the
cost of feeding the kumbh participants daily runs into
lakhs.
What after the kumbh?
The kumbh will provide a boost to the Hindu movement in
Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. In particular,
the vanavasi Hindu will get tremendous confidence. The
momentum generated by the kumbh is expected to trigger
the reurn of thousands of Christian vanavasi converts
back to the Hindu fold. A disinformation campaign has
already been started by the so-called mainstream media.
Allegations of damage to the environment are being made.
These are totally baseless; fact is not a single tree has
been cut. This fact has been written by the district
magistrate himself in a letter to the Governor. In fact,
the tourism in this area will receive a boost as the
Gujarat government plans to make this into a full-fledged
tourism spot. Infrastructure in this area has been
completed thanks to the kumbh. Building of 22 check dams
on the local river will ensure uninterrupted water flow
all year around A permanent hospital will come up near
the site of the kumbh which will be devoted mainly to
diseases of women.
What we can do?
Workers in their thousands are required in the
arrangements of the kumbh. We can volunteer to spend 7 or
14 or 30 days in the run up to the kumbh Generous
donations are required to meet the expenses of this
massive event. The success of this event depends on the
active co-operation of all Hindus All donation are exempt
under section 80 G of Income Tax Act. Cheques may be
drawn in the name of Shri Shabri Kumbh Samaroh Aayojan
Samiti. Donations may be sent to RSS Office.
Spread the word of the kumbh amongst friends and
relatives.
Dangs prepared for biggest Hindu event
2/10/2006 10:56:37 AM HK
Source -
http://haindavakeralam.org/PageModule.aspx?PageID=665&SKIN=B
Dangs - All preparations are made in Dangs as one of the
biggest Hindu event Shabari Kumbh Mela will begin
tomorrow on the banks of Pampa Sarovar.
Tomorrow the Kumbh will begin with Kumbh Snan and Kumbh
Pujan at 0800 hrs, in which thousands of pilgrims will
participate. Six ghats have been erected, covering 2.5 km
area along the Sarovar. It will be followed by Dharma
Sabha, which will be addressed by saints Jagadguru
Shankaracharya Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati (Jyotirmath),
Swami Satyamitranand Giri, Sants Morari Bapu and Asaram
Bapu, Dr Pranav Pandya (Gayatri Parivar), Swami
Awadheshanand Giri (Haridwar), Sadhvi Ritambhara, Sadhvi
Shiva Saraswati and others.
The second day will be dominated by youth, mahila and
sant sammelans.
Gujrat Chief Minister Shri. Narendra Modi, RSS Chief
Shri. K S Sudarshan and VHP leader Shri. Ashok Singhal
are expected to participate in the mela. Union Minister
of state Manikrao Gavit is also expected to attend the
inaugural function.
Over five lakh devotees including thousands of sadhus and
sants and top leaders of all Hindu organizations & BJP
will be turning up for the mega event and take a ritual
dip in holy lake.
Shri. Suresh Kulkarni, Secretary of the Shabari Kumbh
Organising Committee has ruled out the allegations by
some Christian organisation and anti Hindu medias that
during the Kumbha Mela, Hindu organizations are planning
to carry out re-conversions.
''The Kumbh will promote social integration amongst the
Vanvasis and also pave the way for their all-round
development. It will also be a unique event for promotion
of national integration as it will have countrywide
representation of all Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled
Castes,'' said Kailash Sharma, the chairman of the Kumbh
organising committee.
At this Kumbh, the agenda's clear: mobilising tribals for
Hindu jagran 2006-02-11 Published by Hindu Herald
Gathered by hindunet.org
Shabari Kumbh Site, Ahwa (Dangs), February 10: AMID
haphazard last-minute preparations at the picturesque
site surrounded by teak forests, and a seeming lack of
adequate arrangement for an expected crowd of 5 lakh, the
Shabari Kumbh is all about mobilising tribals against an
aggressive missionary campaign to convert them to
Christianity.
The organisers say only Hindu jagran will be discussed,
but the substance of the massive exercise being carried
out under the aegis of RSS-backed Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram
is clear at the entrance to the kumbh site itself. A
board says: 'One Hindu convert means addition of one more
enemy to the nation.'
Joint secretary of the organising committee, Sureshrao
Kulkarni says: ''The Kumbh, beginning Saturday, is about
instilling a sense of identity, self-reliance and self-
confidence in the tribals. Nothing more.''
The mobilisation has been massive and the campaign to the
build-up, a slanted attack on missionary activities in
the tribal belt. The accent of the whole exercise: ''We
want it known forever that tribals are Hindus,'' says an
organiser.
The mood has been pumped up through the element of
jingoism, isolating the small tribal Christian population
in the backward district. However, no disturbance is
expected, given the massive police bandobast. Battalions
have been requisitioned from as far as Delhi and Tamil
Nadu.
A day before the kumbh begins, the Shabari Mandir and the
Pampa Sarovar site - 32 km from Ahwa - saw large tribal
contingents trooping in from neighbouring districts. The
three-day event will see RSS chief K S Sudarshan, Chief
Minister Narendra Modi, VHP chief Ashok Singhal, and
saints like Murari Bapu and Asaram Bapu, address
pilgrims. Modi has been invited as chief guest for the
Saturday inaugural.
A skeptical sadhu, who says this is not the right Kumbh,
a Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram activist selling his anti-
missionary agenda, and a constable turned guide completes
the picture for onlookers at the Pampa Sarovar -the Kumbh
site on Friday. The lake itself is the result of a web of
check dams built over the Purna river, claimed to be the
Pushkarni of the Ramayana. Half-a-kilometre ahead of the
120-feet deep sarovar, four bathing ghats have been
developed for visitors to have a holy dip. Water seems
inadequate to take care of the expected 5 lakh visitors,
prompting organisers to put up boards pleading judicious
use of water. The State Government has chipped in by
providing 100 tanks of 10,000 litre capacity to maintain
drinking water supply.
Though organisers claim all safety precautions have been
taken, a section of the tents meant to house guests
collapsed on Thursday due to strong winds. Shops with LPG
stoves next to the tents can prove dangerous under the
present windy conditions. The kilometre-long single-track
approach road itself can prove a security nightmare for
the police if the expected crowd turns out for the Kumbh.
By the time the kumbh is over, the pressure on resources
at the site might leave it in a state of environmental
disrepair. Though organisers claim all precautions have
been taken, it's highly unlikely that trees have not been
cut; that wildlife has not been disturbed by the build-
up; or resources of an already improverished region have
not been damaged. Depsite a stated ban on the use of
plastic, water bottles and snacks in plastic wrappers
will mean a massive clean-up job later on.
On the sidelines of the kumbh, business activity is
expected to be brisk. This sleepy town with a population
of 1.85 lakh does not plan to lose out on the employment
generated by the three-day event. Tribals have set up
shops and stalls selling anything from sanjivani herbs to
Punjabi food to the latest audio CDs.
For outsiders, however, making living arrangements might
pose a problem as all hotels, rest houses and forest
guest houses have been booked by the State Government for
security purposes.
Sangh call to tribal converts
By Basant Rawat
Source - telegraphindia
Dangs, Gujarat, Feb. 11 - The Sangh parivar's Shabri
Kumbh began here today with a call to tribal Christians
to "return" to the Hindu fold.
With the campaign avoiding the term "reconversion" and
using the label of "homecoming (gharvapasi)", speaker
after speaker spouted vitriol against the practice of
"conversion" by Christian missionaries.
-From Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to Ram
kathakar Morari Bapu and Sant Asharam Bapu, everyone on
the dais exhorted the tribals to embrace Hinduism and
warned the missionaries not to convert the "gullible"
tribals.
Inaugurating the Kumbh, Swami Satyanand Giri of Bharat
Mata Mandir, Hardwar, advised his Hindu listeners on how
to win over the tribal Christians.
"A Hindu janjagran (mass awakening) programme should be
held every month in every village. The organisers should
provide free food, like the Sikhs provide to their
people. You should ensure that every house has a Hanuman
Chalisa."
He said Hindu sants and sadhus must sincerely apologise
to the tribals and Dalits who might have converted to
Christianity because they faced discrimination from
Hindus.
The venue was packed with tribals, many of whom came from
outside the state - from neighbouring Maharashtra, Madhya
Pradesh and Rajasthan as well as from faraway Meghalaya
and the Andamans.
Modi scoffed at the "sons of Macaulay" for their failure
to understand the tribals' bond with Shabri Mata, the
daughter of a Bhil king who had offered berries to Ram.
The root of the problem, he said, is that the followers
of a particular religion believe it is superior and its
stipulated path alone leads to salvation (and that) other
religions are inferior, so their followers should be
converted.
Dangs had in the late 1990s witnessed a series of attacks
on Christians' prayer halls in its towns and villages.
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Shabrikumbh: towards a massive Hindu awakening
Visit
http://www.shabarikumbh.org
To Protect Vanvasis, Massive Counter-Missionary
Shabarikumbh Planned
Posted January 1, 2006
- From
http://www.christianaggression.org/item_display.php?type=NEWS&id=1136142983
A huge kumbh (religious gathering) of Hindus is on the
cards on February 11, 12 and 13, 2006. Named Shabri Kumbh
it promises to be an unprecedented assembly of awakened
Hindus. The Kumbh will be the culmination of sustained
efforts towards awakening the Hindus in general and the
vanavasi Hindus in the Dang region of Gujarat in
particular.
Vanavasi Hindus target of Christian missionary offensive
For long, Bharat has been a special target of the
Christian Church worldwide. To the Church, the Hindus
represent the greatest stumbling block in their grand
design to establish Christs kingdom on earth. The poor,
illiterate, mild Vanvasi Hindu is an obvious target in
this nefarious scheme. For years, under the garb of
social service, the Church has been spreading its
tentacles in far-flung, tribal regions of our country.
These converted vanavasis become alienated from their
customs and traditions. They get uprooted from their
cultural milieu. Conversion to Christianity is invariably
associated with separatism and terrorism as is evident in
North-East Bharat. There are several areas in our country
which have become hotbeds of christian missionary
activity. The Dang district in Gujarat is one such area.
The word Dang is a corruption of Dandakaranya, the
legendary forest where Shri Raam and Lakshman spent some
time while in exile. It is in this region that Shabari
Mata, the immortal devotee of Shri Raam met her Lord and
lovingly offered him sweet berries which she had tasted
herself. The spot where this meeting took place is
located on Chamak hill in this region. There is a temple
of Shabari Mata at this site. The picturesque Pampa
sarovar (lake) is located in this region. Situated on the
border of Gujarat and Maharashtra, this district is
predominantly inhabited by vanavasi Hindus. The district
has 352 villages; the district headquarter is Ahwa. The
town of Navapur in Maharashtra is close to the Dang
district of Gujarat.
It is pertinent to note that the first church was
established in Dang district in 1904. Since then,
conversions to Christianity had been progressing at an
alarming rate. In the period 1991-2001, the Christian
population grew by a massive 400 per cent! The process of
self-alienation and separatism which inevitably
accompanies conversion had become visible in Dang.
Makeshift, illegal churches had mushroomed in cowsheds
and residential areas. These churches were unregistered
and illegal. Such was the terrorism of Christian
activists that it had become unsafe for Hindus to move
out of their houses after dusk. It was in the midst of
such hostile conditions that a Hindu swami descended upon
Dang
Arrival of Swami Aseemananda
Swami Aseemananda, a Hindu sannyasi heads the shraddha
vibhag of the Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram. For
over 50 years, the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram has been doing
yeoman work in the vanavasi regions of Bharat. A Bengali
by birth, Swamiji has spent several years in the Andaman
and Nicobar islands. His innovative and bold methods in
arousing the latent feeling of Hindutva amongst the
vanavasis have made him a byword in the field of Hindu
awakening. Little wonder then that Christian zealots have
made many murderous attempts on his life. Deeply
concerned by the Christianization of Dang, Swamiji
resolved to stay in Dang and foil the designs of
Christian missionaries. It was in August 1997 that this
saffron-clad sannyasi set foot in Dang. All that he
carried with him in this unfamiliar and hostile terrain
were around 500 lockets of Hanuman and an unshakeable
resolve! He would knock at the door of each house and
would ask the inmates one question, "Are you Hindu or
christian?" At the house of one such Hindu, Swamiji asked
him, "May I spend the night in your house?" The Hindu
gladly welcomed Swamiji. Swamiji kept his luggage,
distributed the Hanuman lockets to the children and asked
them to bring their Hindu friends in the evening for a
Ram katha. That night, Dang witnessed the first ever
Dharma sabha. Sensing danger, Christian missionaries
asked Swamiji, "What brings you here?" The Swami posed
them the same question. We have come here to serve the
people replied the Christian missionaries. "I have come
here to drive away those who have come here to serve"
retorted the Swami. That was the beginning of the Hindu
awakening in the Dangs.
Hindu awakening in the Dangs
In 1998, 25000 Christians embraced the religion of their
forefathers in just two months. The submissive Hindu who
had been hitherto terrorized by the Christian
missionaries began to assert himself. "Hindu jaage,
Christi bhaage" became a popular slogan of the vanavasis
of Dang. From 1998-2004, a total of 55 Vishal Hindu
Sammelans were organized. These were attended by a total
of four lakh Hindus. As Hindus objected to conversion
activities of Christian missionaries, clashes broke out.
The so-called mainstream media used this pretext to
tarnish the Hindus. In December 2004, press reporters
from 40 countries descended upon the Dangs and spread a
misinformation campaign. As a result, the court
restrained the Hindus from conducting any public ceremony
around Christmas in future. Meanwhile, the tide of Hindu
awakening only swelled. Today, Christian conversion
activities have come to a halt not only in Dangs but also
in the surrounding twelve districts.
In 2002, Hindu activists approached the famed Ramayana
kathakar Shri Morari Bapu and told him, "You mesmerise
thousands with Ram Katha. We request you to organize Ram
Katha in Dang wher Shri Raam himself spent some time".
Shri Morari Bapu readily agreed. The tremendous response
overwhelmed Shri Morari. In the course of his speech, he
spontaneously expressed the desire that a formal kumbh be
organized at the spot where Shabari Mata had met Shri
Raam. Shri Morari Bapus desire was taken up as an order
to be implemented. Thus was born the idea of Shabari
kumbh.
Scale of the Shabari Kumbh
Organizing a kumbh in a remote, heavily forested area is
a nightmare as far as logistics is concerned. It requires
steely resolve, meticulous planning and precision to make
the programme a grand success. The 352 villages in Dang
district had no electricity, or roads; the town of Ahwa
is a good 35 km from the proposed site of the kumbh There
are no medical facilities or eateries in the vicinity.
But the famed organizational might of the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh, Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, Vishwa Hindu
Parishad and other like-minded organizations is in full
gear. Realizing the importance of such a venture to the
state of Gujarat, the state government of Shri Narendra
Modi has extended full co-operation. Planning started
atleast one and a half years ago. A 250-200 hectare site
has been chosen for the kumbh. The state government has
undertaken construction of roads on a war footing. All
the 352 villages of Dang have got electrification. A
total of 22 check dams have been built on the river that
feeds the Pampa sarovar where the holy bath will take
place. A total of 20 lakh vanavasis reside in an area of
80 km around Dang. A survey of 5000 villages in Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh was completed in the initial
phase. Around 30-35 lakh vanavasis were contacted in this
massive exercise. An estimated six lakh Hindus will
attend the kumbh; of these, around two lakh are likely to
stay for all three days. To arrange for their lodging, 40
townships each with a capacity of 5000 people will be
erected. Each township will have 100 workers to look
after various arrangements such as security, food,
medical aid etc. Thus a total of 4000 workers will be
required to look after the arrangements in the townships;
an additional 2000 workers will be involved in other
arrangemets.
About 388 vanavasi janajatis and 137 urban jatis which
are currently facing missionary onslaught will be
represented at the kumbh. Further, dharmacharyas from all
over the country including 800 vanavasi sants will be
attending the kumbh and taking part in the deliberations.
Each participant will be given a locket of his
ishtadevata; Around 20 lakh lockets, 5 lakh Hanuman
chalisa and 5 lakh bhagwa dhwaj will be distributed.
Programme
11 February 2006 Shri Morari Bapu, Swami Satyamitanandji
Giri(Haridwar)
Mahila sammelan to be attended by 70-80000 women, to be
addressed by Sadhvi Shiva Saraswati
12 February 2006 Ma. Shri Sudarshanji, Swami
Avdheshananda of Juna Akhada Yuvak sammelan
13 Februray 2006 Sadhvi Ritambaraji, Shrimad
Shankaracharya of Jyotishpeeth water from sacred rivers
all over Bharat will be poured in the Pampa sarovar
There will be an exhibition of vanavasi freedom-fighters
and heroes as also sixteen vanavasi dance performances,
each of 1-2 hours duration on eight different platforms
during the kumbh.
Budget
As expected, the budget of this kumbh will run into
crores. Even at the rate of Rs. 6 per food plate, the
cost of feeding the kumbh participants daily runs into
lakhs.
What after the kumbh?
The kumbh will provide a boost to the Hindu movement in
Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. In particular,
the vanavasi Hindu will get tremendous confidence. The
momentum generated by the kumbh is expected to trigger
the reurn of thousands of Christian vanavasi converts
back to the Hindu fold. A disinformation campaign has
already been started by the so-called mainstream media.
Allegations of damage to the environment are being made.
These are totally baseless; fact is not a single tree has
been cut. This fact has been written by the district
magistrate himself in a letter to the Governor. In fact,
the tourism in this area will receive a boost as the
Gujarat government plans to make this into a full-fledged
tourism spot. Infrastructure in this area has been
completed thanks to the kumbh. Building of 22 check dams
on the local river will ensure uninterrupted water flow
all year around A permanent hospital will come up near
the site of the kumbh which will be devoted mainly to
diseases of women.
What we can do?
Workers in their thousands are required in the
arrangements of the kumbh. We can volunteer to spend 7 or
14 or 30 days in the run up to the kumbh Generous
donations are required to meet the expenses of this
massive event. The success of this event depends on the
active co-operation of all Hindus All donation are exempt
under section 80 G of Income Tax Act. Cheques may be
drawn in the name of Shri Shabri Kumbh Samaroh Aayojan
Samiti. Donations may be sent to RSS Office.
Spread the word of the kumbh amongst friends and
relatives.
Dangs prepared for biggest Hindu event
2/10/2006 10:56:37 AM HK
Source -
http://haindavakeralam.org/PageModule.aspx?PageID=665&SKIN=B
Dangs - All preparations are made in Dangs as one of the
biggest Hindu event Shabari Kumbh Mela will begin
tomorrow on the banks of Pampa Sarovar.
Tomorrow the Kumbh will begin with Kumbh Snan and Kumbh
Pujan at 0800 hrs, in which thousands of pilgrims will
participate. Six ghats have been erected, covering 2.5 km
area along the Sarovar. It will be followed by Dharma
Sabha, which will be addressed by saints Jagadguru
Shankaracharya Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati (Jyotirmath),
Swami Satyamitranand Giri, Sants Morari Bapu and Asaram
Bapu, Dr Pranav Pandya (Gayatri Parivar), Swami
Awadheshanand Giri (Haridwar), Sadhvi Ritambhara, Sadhvi
Shiva Saraswati and others.
The second day will be dominated by youth, mahila and
sant sammelans.
Gujrat Chief Minister Shri. Narendra Modi, RSS Chief
Shri. K S Sudarshan and VHP leader Shri. Ashok Singhal
are expected to participate in the mela. Union Minister
of state Manikrao Gavit is also expected to attend the
inaugural function.
Over five lakh devotees including thousands of sadhus and
sants and top leaders of all Hindu organizations & BJP
will be turning up for the mega event and take a ritual
dip in holy lake.
Shri. Suresh Kulkarni, Secretary of the Shabari Kumbh
Organising Committee has ruled out the allegations by
some Christian organisation and anti Hindu medias that
during the Kumbha Mela, Hindu organizations are planning
to carry out re-conversions.
''The Kumbh will promote social integration amongst the
Vanvasis and also pave the way for their all-round
development. It will also be a unique event for promotion
of national integration as it will have countrywide
representation of all Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled
Castes,'' said Kailash Sharma, the chairman of the Kumbh
organising committee.
At this Kumbh, the agenda's clear: mobilising tribals for
Hindu jagran 2006-02-11 Published by Hindu Herald
Gathered by hindunet.org
Shabari Kumbh Site, Ahwa (Dangs), February 10: AMID
haphazard last-minute preparations at the picturesque
site surrounded by teak forests, and a seeming lack of
adequate arrangement for an expected crowd of 5 lakh, the
Shabari Kumbh is all about mobilising tribals against an
aggressive missionary campaign to convert them to
Christianity.
The organisers say only Hindu jagran will be discussed,
but the substance of the massive exercise being carried
out under the aegis of RSS-backed Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram
is clear at the entrance to the kumbh site itself. A
board says: 'One Hindu convert means addition of one more
enemy to the nation.'
Joint secretary of the organising committee, Sureshrao
Kulkarni says: ''The Kumbh, beginning Saturday, is about
instilling a sense of identity, self-reliance and self-
confidence in the tribals. Nothing more.''
The mobilisation has been massive and the campaign to the
build-up, a slanted attack on missionary activities in
the tribal belt. The accent of the whole exercise: ''We
want it known forever that tribals are Hindus,'' says an
organiser.
The mood has been pumped up through the element of
jingoism, isolating the small tribal Christian population
in the backward district. However, no disturbance is
expected, given the massive police bandobast. Battalions
have been requisitioned from as far as Delhi and Tamil
Nadu.
A day before the kumbh begins, the Shabari Mandir and the
Pampa Sarovar site - 32 km from Ahwa - saw large tribal
contingents trooping in from neighbouring districts. The
three-day event will see RSS chief K S Sudarshan, Chief
Minister Narendra Modi, VHP chief Ashok Singhal, and
saints like Murari Bapu and Asaram Bapu, address
pilgrims. Modi has been invited as chief guest for the
Saturday inaugural.
A skeptical sadhu, who says this is not the right Kumbh,
a Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram activist selling his anti-
missionary agenda, and a constable turned guide completes
the picture for onlookers at the Pampa Sarovar -the Kumbh
site on Friday. The lake itself is the result of a web of
check dams built over the Purna river, claimed to be the
Pushkarni of the Ramayana. Half-a-kilometre ahead of the
120-feet deep sarovar, four bathing ghats have been
developed for visitors to have a holy dip. Water seems
inadequate to take care of the expected 5 lakh visitors,
prompting organisers to put up boards pleading judicious
use of water. The State Government has chipped in by
providing 100 tanks of 10,000 litre capacity to maintain
drinking water supply.
Though organisers claim all safety precautions have been
taken, a section of the tents meant to house guests
collapsed on Thursday due to strong winds. Shops with LPG
stoves next to the tents can prove dangerous under the
present windy conditions. The kilometre-long single-track
approach road itself can prove a security nightmare for
the police if the expected crowd turns out for the Kumbh.
By the time the kumbh is over, the pressure on resources
at the site might leave it in a state of environmental
disrepair. Though organisers claim all precautions have
been taken, it's highly unlikely that trees have not been
cut; that wildlife has not been disturbed by the build-
up; or resources of an already improverished region have
not been damaged. Depsite a stated ban on the use of
plastic, water bottles and snacks in plastic wrappers
will mean a massive clean-up job later on.
On the sidelines of the kumbh, business activity is
expected to be brisk. This sleepy town with a population
of 1.85 lakh does not plan to lose out on the employment
generated by the three-day event. Tribals have set up
shops and stalls selling anything from sanjivani herbs to
Punjabi food to the latest audio CDs.
For outsiders, however, making living arrangements might
pose a problem as all hotels, rest houses and forest
guest houses have been booked by the State Government for
security purposes.
Sangh call to tribal converts
By Basant Rawat
Source - telegraphindia
Dangs, Gujarat, Feb. 11 - The Sangh parivar's Shabri
Kumbh began here today with a call to tribal Christians
to "return" to the Hindu fold.
With the campaign avoiding the term "reconversion" and
using the label of "homecoming (gharvapasi)", speaker
after speaker spouted vitriol against the practice of
"conversion" by Christian missionaries.
-From Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to Ram
kathakar Morari Bapu and Sant Asharam Bapu, everyone on
the dais exhorted the tribals to embrace Hinduism and
warned the missionaries not to convert the "gullible"
tribals.
Inaugurating the Kumbh, Swami Satyanand Giri of Bharat
Mata Mandir, Hardwar, advised his Hindu listeners on how
to win over the tribal Christians.
"A Hindu janjagran (mass awakening) programme should be
held every month in every village. The organisers should
provide free food, like the Sikhs provide to their
people. You should ensure that every house has a Hanuman
Chalisa."
He said Hindu sants and sadhus must sincerely apologise
to the tribals and Dalits who might have converted to
Christianity because they faced discrimination from
Hindus.
The venue was packed with tribals, many of whom came from
outside the state - from neighbouring Maharashtra, Madhya
Pradesh and Rajasthan as well as from faraway Meghalaya
and the Andamans.
Modi scoffed at the "sons of Macaulay" for their failure
to understand the tribals' bond with Shabri Mata, the
daughter of a Bhil king who had offered berries to Ram.
The root of the problem, he said, is that the followers
of a particular religion believe it is superior and its
stipulated path alone leads to salvation (and that) other
religions are inferior, so their followers should be
converted.
Dangs had in the late 1990s witnessed a series of attacks
on Christians' prayer halls in its towns and villages.
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