Trichy (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 10 (ANI): The head of the Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam, a Saivite mutt based mostly within the city of Thiruvaduthurai in Tamil Nadu’s Mayiladuthurai district, has mentioned that latest media stories have misunderstood the historical past of the ‘Sengol’ now positioned within the new Parliament complicated and that it was first introduced to Lord Mountbatten the final Viceroy to India, earlier than it was given to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on the eve of India’s independence.
A press release issued by the Adheenam on social media additionally debunked a latest media report as “mischievous” and mentioned it has been “taken out of context” and “is a distortion of facts.”Sri La Sri Ambalavanan Desika Paramacharya Swamigal, the twenty fourth head of Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam, mentioned that everyone has seen Prime Minister Narendra Modi putting the Sengol within the New Parliament constructing throughout its inauguration.
A piece of media had lately alleged that the seer had mentioned there was no clear info on whether or not the ceremonial spectre was given to Lord Mountbatten earlier than it was introduced to Jawaharlal Nehru in August 1947.
“A couple of days ago, in some media reports, they mentioned that there is no image of Mountbatten and no such evidence for that. But, they have misunderstood it,” the pinnacle of the Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam instructed ANI”We know that if we go to the chief minister or the Prime Minster’s office, photographers are not allowed inside their offices. Some media reports have wrongly published that the photograph is not there, which is unfortunately sad. Don’t publish such things.”The seer defined the historical past and the significance of Sengol. “It was made by Vumidi Bangaru jewellers the place a Nandi picture was positioned on the prime and a Namachavaya picture on the backside with letters written on the Sengol. Through Thiruvavaduthurai Aadhinam, Kumaraswamy Thambiran Swamigal, Manickam Odhuvar; and Nadaswaram artist Rajarathinam Pillai went to Delhi by means of flight on the event of Indian Independence.
“On midnight of August 14, 1947, Kumaraswamy Thambiran Swamigal gave Sengol to Lord Mountbatten and taken back by Thambiran Swamigal. After getting it back, he went for the procession and chanted slogans. Later he gave the five-feet-long gold Sengol to the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. During that time, Tirumurai verses were sung and the pooja was performed. This is what our history says about Sengol,” Sri La Sri Ambalavanan Desika Paramacharya Swamigal mentioned.
The assertion issued by the Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam mentioned it’s “deeply pained by the continuing efforts of some section of the media to discredit the Adheenam.””There is no photograph of Mountbatten with the Sengol because the Adheenam people of that time did not go with cameras to take pictures. They went about the task of presenting the Sengol which they completed successfully and reported to the Adheenam upon return. This has been subsequently recorded in several reports including the media,” the assertion mentioned.
“We are proud about the role of the Adheenam in the Sengol ceremony of 1947. The group from the Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam went to Delhi on invitation, with the Sengol. There the Sengol was given to Mountbatten, taken back and purified by ganga jal abhishekham Then it was handed over to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,” the assertion of the Guru Maha Sannidhanam of Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam mentioned.
The head of the seer additional congratulated PM Narendra Modi for making Tamil Nadu proud.
“During the inauguration of the New Parliament building, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the Sengol which was kept in the Allahabad museum and placed it in the new parliament. Pooja was performed and Tirumurai verses were sung and Nadaswaram was played in which all Tamil Nadu maha Aadheenams (seers) gave Sengol to PM Narendra Modi and placed in the new parliament premise near the Speaker’s chair,” mentioned the seer.
Prime Minister Modi put in the sacred ‘Sengol’ within the new Lok Sabha chamber, proper subsequent to the Speaker’s chair, after performing puja on May 28, in the course of the inauguration of the New Parliament. He additionally prostrated as a mark of respect earlier than the ‘Sengol’ in the course of the ceremony. Before it was put in within the new Parliament constructing, PM Modi was handed over the historic ‘Sengol’ by Adheenams. (ANI)