Thousands of workers of RSS and Sangh-inspired organisations as well as Ram Bhaktas embarked on a noble and divine mission on January 1, 2024 in connection with Ayodhya Pranaprathishta. It is the distribution of consecrated Akshat from Ram Mandir, Ayodhya. The entire activities are carried out, in Kerala, under the auspices of Sree Rama Theertha Kshetra Samithi. The set target is the contact of 5,000,000 Hindu houses in the state. The total population in the state is approximately 3.51 crores.
This Akshat Yajna is implemented by 36,000 batches of workers of the Samiti. Every batch is consisting of workers of Sangh, BJP, VHP, BMS, ABVP, Kshetra Samrakshana Samiti, Bharatiya Vikas Parishad, Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad and many other Sangh-inspired organisations.
This correspondent spoke to several batch leaders regarding their experiences. They were extremely happy about the devotional and enthusiastic responses they received from the houses they went. It is cutting across party lines. They got hearty welcome from the houses of hardcore CPM and Congress workers. In most of the houses, it was the women folk who accepted the akshata, the picture of Ram Mandir and the appeal of the Sree Rama Janmabhumi Theerthakshetra Trust with utmost devotion. They made it a point to wash their hands before they received the consecrated articles.
Reputed singer K.S. Chitra, Padmasree and Padmabhushan laureate, and popularly known as ‘Nightingale of South’, was one of the very important persons in the state who was all smiles to receive the akshat. Another significant personality was Mahesh Nambootiri, the chief priest of Sabarimala Sree Ayyappa temple. Ashwati Tirunal Gouri Lakshmibai of Tiruvitamcoor royal family also received the akshat with pride. Olympian P.T. Usha MP (RS) and her husband Sreenivasan received the akshat too.
R.V. Babu, state spokesman of Hindu Aikyavedi told this correspondent that wherever he went as a member of the batch, not a single CPM man Congress worker objected when the workers went to their houses. Several women were seen praying for the Prime Minister Modiji’s long life and good health. Another batch leader said, a Christian housewife received the akshat after washing her hands.
The aforementioned are the reports of the first few hours of the Akshata Yajna Contact Programme.
In the meantime, Aranmula Police (Pathanamthitta district) has registered a case against CPM’s Abita Bai, a Panchayat Member (Councilor), for her venomous FB post intended to cause religious enmity. The post was in connection with the Rama Mandir, Ayodhya. The post played Sree Rama devotional song coupled with the visual of a seminude man. The case has been registered in the wake of the complaint filed by a BJP worker. BJP’s Rateeshkumar said, in his complaint, that Abida was causing religious animosity. When the post led to controversy, the lady councilor withdrew it.
