Need to create 'Hindu workforce' where only Hindus will be employed in temples: Ranjit Savarkar

The meeting held at Shri Sai Palakhi Nivara, Nimgaon, Shirdi, saw participation of 875 invited temple trustees, representatives, priests, lawyers fighting for temple protection, and temple scholars from across Maharashtra.

Mumbai: There is need to create a ‘Hindu workforce’, where only Hindus will be employed in temples, says Swatantryaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak’s Chairperson Ranjit Savarkar, the grandson of revolutionary freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

“Today, efforts are being made to expand religious influence through the ‘Halal certification.’ In response, the Swatantryaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak had introduced the ‘Om certification’. This certification is essential for Hindu traders operating in or around temples,” Savarkar said, speaking about the initiative that he launched some time ago.

“Additionally, to ensure that temples have only Hindu workers, we will soon create a ‘Hindu workforce’, where only Hindus will be employed,” Savarkar said on Sunday at the meeting of the Maharashtra Temple Trust Council at Shirdi.

This meeting held at Shri Sai Palakhi Nivara, Nimgaon, Shirdi, saw participation of 875 invited temple trustees, representatives, priests, lawyers fighting for temple protection, and temple scholars from across Maharashtra.

Initiatives like installing boards providing information about Hindu Dharma and culture in 108 temples, implementing a dress code in over 100 temples, and starting cultural education classes for children in temples were discussed.

Strengthening the fight against encroachments on temple lands, the resolution for ‘Aarti wherever there is a temple’ was made by the temple trustees and representatives.

“Those who do not believe in Hindu deities, have shops in temple premises and sell offerings, flowers. Moreover, they indulge in practices like spitting on goods, termed ‘spit jihad.’ Henceforth, during village fairs or festivals, we must ensure that shops of other religions are not permitted,” said Sunil Ghanwat, the National Coordinator of the Mandir Mahasangh.