Bhubanswar/Dehradun: Swami Anand Swaroop, a Haridwar-based Hindu seer and one of the main speakers at the controversial Dharma Sansad in the temple town in December 2021, has asked the Uttarakhand government to prohibit the entry of non-Hindus to the Char Dham
shrines — Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath.
Swami Swaroop, in a letter to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, has now demanded a government order against nonHindus visiting these shrines. He claimed that recent instances of violence during religious processions in parts of the country showed that the Char Dham pilgrimage should be kept out of bounds for those who “do not believe in Hinduism”. CM Dhami said the views of Hindu seers will be honoured in every possible manner.
Swaroop, who is the head seer of the Shankaracharya Parishad and founder of Haridwar-based Kali Sena said, “What will happen if nonbelievers, in the garb of mule operators or merchants, attack Char Dham shrines? Looking at the attacks on Hindu processions during Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti in other parts of India, the threat to our shrines and temples is real. Entry to Char Dham shrines must be banned for non-Hindus, like 700 religious places worldwide where people of other faiths are not allowed to visit. The Constitution of India gives us the right to safeguard our religious places.”