Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan participated separately in the concluding ceremony of a special yajna organised by certain RSS supported outfits in Ujjain. The 18-days mahashakti yajna was conducted by Mahashakti Yaag Trust, a Hyderabad-based organisation to realise their dream of an “Akhand Bharat’’ and make India compatible to their ideology.
Chouhan and his wife attending 'yajna'
While Mahajan came to Ujjain from Delhi on Saturday after completing the Lok Sabha proceedings, Chouhan, along with his wife Sadhna Singh, reached the venue on Friday night.
Ujjain is the mythological seat of Lord Shiva. The trust has planned to hold similar yajnas at 12 mythological seats of Lord Shiva and 52 mythological shaktipeeths of Goddess Durga.
Chouhan reached the Jhalariya Mutt Campus on the banks of the Kshipra river around 10 pm and left the place by midnight. The local administration was in a tizzy due to the unexpected visit of the chief minister.
The yajna campus was being managed by RSS cadres and a veil of secrecy was kept around the whole religious affair. The media are strictly kept out of the whole ceremony. RSS activist Vibhash Upadhaya is managing the affairs of the yajna, according to unconfirmed reports in the local media. Senior RSS leader Bhaiyaaji Joshi has been camping in Ujjian for the ritual.
Sumitra Mahajan at the yajna site
The yajna is being conducted under the supervision of Veda scholar and priest G.J. Sharma. BJP leader and Sampark Pramukh (Relations Chief) Anil Saumitra said, “RSS is not directly involved in such religious activities. Many of its activists and certain subsidiary organisations do such things on their own.’’
The yajna has been performed by over 15 priests in two sessions everyday since March 1. Portraits of Lord Hanuman along with Dr Hedgewar and Guru Golkwar—the first and second chief of RSS—have been placed at the venue.
A source close to a prominent RSS activist confirmed that the yajna was the third in the series to be conducted till 2025 when RSS will complete 100 years of its inception. Previously it was conducted at Shri Shailam Jyotirlinga in Andhra Pradesh and Somnath in Gujarat.
