Gokarna Peetha Shankaracharya seeks total ban on cow slaughter, launches Yatra.

Gokarna Peetha Shankaracharya in inauguration of  Vishwa Mangal Go-Gram Yatra.

Jagadguru Shankracharya launches rath yatra from Kurukshetra for Protection of Cows in India.

Jagadguru Raghaveshwar Bharti speaking at the mamoth rally said that the propose of this 108-day rath yatra is to push for ban on cow slaughter . The yatra, which will spread the message ”’Save cow, save village”’. It will culminate at Nagpur, Maharashtra, on Makar Sankranti in 2010 .

A large number of religious leaders including Vasudevanand Shankracharya , Vijay Singhal of Vishwa Hindu Parishad ,Sadhvi Ritambhra,Pranav Pandya , representative of Dalai Lama , and heads of various hindu organisations participitated in the rally held at theme park Kurukshetra.

Various speakers talked about the benefits of keeping cows in villages and the role of cows in indian culture.

A Shobha Yatra was taken out yesterday and it passed through old city of Thanesar and Kurukshetra. Devotees through out the route welcomed the yatra with rose petals. 8 Km long route was decorated tastefully by the various religious bodies of the city.  Courtsey :>

Vasudevanand Shankracharya said that the meetings will be held at 400 places across the country and all the rath yatrs will cover more than 20000Kms. A signature campaign has already been started and the organisors expect to collect around 21 crore signatures and submit the documents to president Pratibha Patil after completion of rath yatra.

 Declare Constitutionally Cow as a Holy and National Animal. Stop Cow Slaughter.

Jagadguru Shankar in a Prees Meet in Bhubaneshwar on Tuesday.

Subhashish Mohanty, Wednesday, January 7, 2009, Bhubaneshwar: Hindu organisations will soon launch a unique rath yatra to pressure the central and state governments to impose a complete ban on cow slaughter. 

Announcing this at a press conference here on Tuesday, Jagadguru Swami Raghaveshwar Bharati, the Shankaracharya of Gokarna Pitha, Karnataka, said efforts should be made to declare cow a national animal and protect it.

“The Congress-led UPA government at the Centre should move in this direction,” he said.

Giving details about the rath yatra, the Shankaracharya said, “We will soon launch a 108-day yatra to push for this (ban on cow slaughter). The yatra, which will spread the message ‘Save cow, save village’, will be flagged off at Kurukshetra in Haryana on September 28, Vijaya Dashami. It will culminate at Nagpur, Maharashtra, on Makar Sankranti in 2010 after a 20,000-km journey.”

Apart from the main rath, 15,000 small raths will travel 10 lakh km during the 108-day journey.

“Meetings will be held at 400 places across the country. A signature campaign will also be run. We expect to collect around 50 crore signatures and submit the document to president Pratibha Patil.”

Lambasting alleged terrorism sponsored by the Church and Islamic organisations, the seer said Hindus were in danger.                                              “Corrective measures should be taken in this regard,” the religious head said.                                  Courtsey :>