Pandharpur (District : Solapur), 2nd January – Hundreds of temple trustees recently decided to hold collective aarti at the temple’ every week at the ‘Maharashtra Mandir Nyas Parishad’ in Shirdi to demand immediate removal of encroachments on temples and temple land. In this regard, on 31st December, collective aarti was performed at Sant Namdev Maharaj Payari in Pandharpur in the presence of dignitaries with great enthusiasm and with lot of spiritual emotion, informed Vinod Rasal, member of the ‘Mandir Mahasangh’.
On this occasion, the founder of the ‘Warkari Sampradaya Paik Sangha’ from Pandharpur, H.B.P. Devvrat (Rana) Maharaj Vaskar and the national spokesperson H.B.P. Ramakrishna Hanumant Maharaj Veer, as well as H.B.P. Sham Maharaj Ukhlikar, H.B.P. Raghu Maharaj Kabir, H.B.P. Nagesh Maharaj Bagde, H.B.P. Darshan Maharaj Badve, H.B.P. Babarao Badve Maharaj, Nagesh Das of ISKCON, as well as Shri. Mahesh Khiste, Shri. Saurabh Thite, Shri. Vaibhav Badve, Shri. Balasaheb Dingre, Shri. Mahesacharya Utpat, Shri. Vitthal Badve, Shri. Harikaka Kulkarni, Shri. Ravikaka Kshirsagar, Shri. Shriram Badve, Shri. Sachin Lade, Shri. Vaibhav Badve, Shri. Dilip Badve, Shri. Mayur Badve, Shri. Uday Indapurkar, Advocate Ashutosh Badve, Shri. Rameshwar Kore, ‘Maharashtra Mandir Mahasangh Rajya Core Group’ member Shri. Ganesh Lanke, Shri. Vinod Rasal of Maharashtra Mandir Mahasangh, Shri. Rajan Bunge of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti along with a large number of trustees of various temples, members of Warkari sect and devotees were present.