A seer in Varanasi, Swami Avimukteshwaranand, announced on Friday that he and his followers would offer prayers at a ‘Shivling' at Gyanvapi complex on Saturday, June 4. Swami Avimukteshwaranand, a disciple of Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati, said he would go to Gyanvapi with 70 people and offer prayers at the 'Shivling'. The 'Shivling'-like structure was claimed to be found at …
The Maha Kumbh, a religious congregation of Hindu seers and devotees, commenced in Haridwar on Thursday. With the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in mind, the Uttarakhand government issued a modified Standard Operating Procedure for the Kumbh Mela this year to curb the spread of the virus. Jagadguru Shankaracharya, Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati's close aide and renowned Saint Swami Avimukteshwaranand termed …