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VASAN, GUJARAT, August 4, 2002: The Puri Shankarachrya will be staying in this village for the next two months to promote the feeling of brotherhood among people of Gujarat. The Shankaracharya’s stay at Vasania Mahdev temple in Vasan village, about 12 kilometres from Gandhinagar, acquires significance as it is the native village of state Congress chief Shankarsinh Vaghela. A Vaghela trust that runs the temple is his host. The aide expects Governor S.S. Bhandari and chief minister Narendra Modi to pay respects to the seer soon. Vaghela, along with ex-CM Dilip Parikh, met him early this week. The seer says his main purpose during the Chaturmas, rainy season, stay at Vasania Mahedev is to tell the people of Gujarat “how to live in an atmosphere of peace and non-violence.” On August 14, the Shankaracharya has called a meeting of 500 sadhus of Gujarat to work out a strategy on how to take the message of peace and nonviolence to the people. After his stay at Vasania Mahadev, he would be making a trip to all over Gujarat with a message of peace. Having refused state commando security, he qualified natural calamities in the state as “God’s fury over man’s evil deeds.”

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