“Soon after the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in Uttar Pradesh, they started talking about building a temple for Rama in Ayodhya. Why should we worship such a person?” Mr. Bhagavan claimed. His utmost duty was to protect the Chaturvarnya and the priestly class. Krishna too was a proponent of the same system,” Mr. Bhagavan said. It was the Buddha who rationally and scientifically challenged the hollowness of the sacrifices and rituals of the priestly class aimed at appeasing gods and underlined the importance of man,” Mr. Bhagavan said.

Source: The Hindu May 27, 2017 18:56 UTC