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Nepal King Seeks Shankaracharya's Blessings

          NEW DELHI: Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah had his first meeting, as the king of Nepal, with the Sankaracharya of Kanchi peeth, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, who has been camping in Delhi for the past few days, on June 26.

           Gyanendra was accompanied by queen Komal Rajya Lakshmi and their daughter. The Shankaracharya supervised a 'puja' (ritual worship), the king and the queen performed in line with the Hindu kingdom's royal traditions.     

Nepal king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah and queen Komal Rajya Lakshmi performing 'guru pada puja' (a ritual worship of the preceptor) under the guidance of the Shankaracharya of Kanchi peeth, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, at Kamakshi temple in New Delhi on June 26.
     For centuries, the kings have revered the Shankaracharyas as their 'guru' (preceptor). The present Shankaracharya visited Nepal several times during the rule of the late king Birendra, brother of Gyanendra.

           After a closed-door meeting with the king following the puja, the Shankaracharya spoke of the cultural identity between the two neighbours - India and Pakistan.

June 27, 2002

 

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