Rahul visits famous Pitaambara Shrine in MP and pays obiesance to Lord Shiva for the well being of the countrymen

The Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today visited the famous religious temple Pitaambara Peeth alongwith the former union ministers and Senior Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia in a traditional white Kurta and saffron Dhoti wearing long garlends of white and orange mogra flowers and prayed there for few minutes.

After paying his obeisance to the Supreme Lord Shiva by pouring milk on the SHIVLINGA in the temple for the welfare and well being of the countrymen as claimed by the Congress leaders, Rahul addressed two well attended public meetings at Datiya and Dabra in Gwalior Madhya Pradesh.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s regular visits to the various temples of the country, particlarly his earlier visits to several temples in Gujarat including the historic Somnath temple Darshans have been termed by Hindu chauvinists and some political analysts as the shift in party line amounting to apeasement towards the Hindu community.

There was lot of hue and cry in the media particularly the electronic channels deviated towards the saffron party. This led to Rahul Gandhi and the senior Congress leaders denying/ refuting the charge of the Congress’s slight shift towards majoritarianism to the counter the BJP believing majorly on the Hindu ideology.

Rahul had then retorted saying that he had visited every religious shrine may it be the Temple, Mosque, Gurudwara and Church but if the media and electronic channels are only exhibiting or telecasting his visits to the temples that what can he do ?

It may be recalled that majority of the leaders of various political parties visit mosques, temples, Gurudwaras n Churches of eminence as it’s a matter of one’s faith but there are definitely some meanings behind every spiritual visits particularly the political interests.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited several important temples n even mosques of the country since his becoming the prime minister like prominent Somnath temple, historic Badrinath, Kedarnath Shrines n held number of Arties at the famous Varanasi temple n the ghats.

He even accompanied the foreign dignitaries , prime ministers with him to Banaras Ghats twice to acquaint them of the rich Indian culture and various colours of spiritualism. PM Narendra Modi’s next visit to Kedarnath Dham is due in the next few days where developmental projects are near completion pertaining to roads and accomodation facilities etc.

The Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had also been to the Kedarnath Shrine when Harish Rawat was the chief minister. Both the former and the incumbent president of India Dr. Pranav Mukherjee and Ram Nath Kovind had been to Kedarnath Dham in the past.

Deriving political meanings out of the visits of politicians to the religious shrines have become too common these days because it’s true that these Dharmik Sthals also influence the political tides of the country to a great extent.

When the prime minister Narendra Modi visited a mosque of a state recently and addressed the Bohra muslim community where he was welcomed most heartily, the newspapers and electronics channels derived lot of political meanings out of that visit, terming it as shift in the saffron party’s attitude towards the minorties of the country for pure political reasons.

Since the eruption of the Ram Mandir Babri Masjid imbroglio the face of Indian politics has completely changed with religion n spiritualism playing a pivotal role in Indian politics apart from caste, creed, community and gender considerations. What’s your take friends?