Alleging that Puri Shankaracharya Adhokshajanand was 'fake', the Akhil Bharatiya Khaddarshan Akhada Parishad in its meeting at Tribvamkmeshwar, about 29 km from here has asked the distric5t administration to remove the Seer from the Kumbh Mela Premises reports PTI.
The meeting held on Sunday, was attended by chiefs of all the 10 Akhadas, based at Tribamkeshwar, Sagaranand Saraswati, president of Akhada Parishad told reporters here.
He said, Puri's real Shankaracharya is Swami Nischalanandji, but Adhokshajanand was 'freely' camping in Sadhugram.
The parishad also demanded a proper inquiry of Adhokshajanand and warned that if the administration failed to remove him, "we will re-consider our stand whether to take royal bath or not on august 27. The decision was informed to special IG Nashik range K. S. Shinde, DSP Ravindra Kumar Singhal and Collector Mahesh Zagde, Sagaranand ji said. Parishad also urged Gorakshyanath Mutt of Trimbakeshwar not to refer their mutt as 'Gorakshyanath Akhada' as there are only 13 Akhadas.
Shri Shambhu Panchdashnam Juna Akhada
Mahant Paramanand Saraswati, Secretary Premgiri, Karanpuri Mahant Hanuman
Bharati of Avahan Akhada, Secretary Shivshankargiri and other mahants of
'akhada attended the meeting, he said.