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On Tuesday, a ‘dharmsabha’ or a religious meet convened in Nashik on this issue witnessed acrimonious scenes as two groups of the participating sadhus argued angrily over the seating arrangements and other issues.
The ‘dharmasabha’ was called after spiritual leader Kishkindha Mathadhipati Swami Govindanand Saraswati’s recent claim that Kishkindha (believed to be in latter day Hampi area in Karnataka) was the birthplace of Lord Hanuman and not Anjneri near Nashik as is widely believed.
On Monday, a group of people blocked the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar road to register their protest against the arrival of Govindanand.
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He said if someone provides concrete evidence, he will accept that Anjneri is indeed the birthplace of Lord Hanuman.
Govindanand claimed that even Shankaracharya of Shringeri Peeth has accepted the “fact” that Kishkindha in Karnataka is the birthplace of Lord Hanuman.
“On his way back from Sri Lanka, Lord Ram went directly to Ayodhya from Kishkindha. He didn’t come to Nashik even to take darshan of the ‘Jyotirling’ (in Trimbakeshwar) during his journey back home,” he claimed.
He said Valmiki Ramayan is the original epic Ramayan and the government’s views or a gazette entry cannot be applied or considered regarding any deity.
During Govindanand’s presser, acharya Gangadhar Pathak invoked Maharshi Vyas to claim that Anjneri is the birthplace of Lord Hanuman.