INDIA, November 2011 (The Hindu): Jayendra Saraswati, guru and chief of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, has urged the people to be aware of the oneness of existence, which has neither birth nor death, and avoid divisive thoughts.
He was speaking to a gathering of representatives of several Hindu groups, brought together by the Hindu Aikya Vedi in connection with the 75th anniversary of the Temple Entry Proclamation, here on Saturday.
The pontiff said the erstwhile princely State of Travancore, by throwing open the doors of temples to people of all Hindu castes in 1936, had enlightened the people in all other parts of the Indian subcontinent about the evil called untouchability.
Even Muslims and Christians could now enter some of the major temples in the country if they professed they had faith in Hinduism. He said there should be no discrimination among people.