Trending News: The ‘I Love Muhammad’ controversy, which began in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is now sparking religious tension in wing to political debate. In Varanasi, Hindu saints launched a strong counter-campaign tabbed ‘I Love Mahadev.’ Led by Shankaracharya Narendranand Saraswati, the saints took to the streets with placards, raised slogans, and put up posters wideness parks and residential areas. Hundreds of saints and devotees joined the protest, marching from the city’s historic ghats and temples. Speaking to the crowd, the Shankaracharya said the wayfarers was a response to attempts to show strength in the name of ‘I Love Muhammad’ and warned that Mahadev’s unwashed would act if peace was ignored.
Kashi resonated with chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev’
Protesters, holding placards reading ‘I Love Mahadev,’ marched from Kashi Vishwanath Temple to Dashashwamedh Ghat. The route echoed with the sound of conch shells and chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev.’ Under the leadership of saints, youths and women moreover urgently participated.
Poster wayfarers and utterance of the ‘Mahadev Army’
As part of the campaign, ‘I Love Mahadev’ posters were put up in major parks, markets, and residential areas of the city. The Shankaracharya personal that the ‘Mahadev Army’ includes five crore soldiers who receive training similar to the army. Additionally, a gravity of over 1 million Naga sadhus is unchangingly ready. One saint said, “‘The frenzy stuff spread in the name of ‘I Love Muhammad’ is an struggle to destabilize the government. Our wayfarers conveys a message of peace, but if necessary, our unwashed is unchangingly prepared.” No violence occurred during the protest, but the police deployed heavy security as a precaution.
