The Hindu : Jagmohan to meet Kanchi Acharya today

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Jagmohan to meet Kanchi Acharya today

By Our Staff Reporter

KANCHEEPURAM JUNE 30. The Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswati, told presspersons here today that the Union Minister for Culture, Jagmohan, would meet him at the Sankara Mutt here tomorrow on the Ayodhya issue.

``I can tell anything on the Ayodhya issue only after the meeting to be held in New Delhi on July 6,'' the Acharya said, adding that the External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, might also call on him. He would be away from Kancheepuram from July 4 to attend several `kumbabishekams' and other functions and would be back on July 8.

RSS chief meets Acharya

Our Chennai Special Correspondent writes The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) president, K.S. Sudershan, met the Kanchi Acharya for an hour today in Chennai.

An RSS spokesperson told The Hindu that the meeting helped better the understanding between the Kanchi Mutt and the RSS. Mr. Sudershan was on his way to Kanyakumari for an RSS meet.

``When we knew that the Acharya was in Chennai, we wanted to pay our respects to him.''

At the meeting, the Acharya explained the Ayodhya formula and the developments on that front, the spokesman said and added that Mr. Sudershan also explained the RSS position on the issue. Kashi and Mathura also featured in the conversation.

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