“Varanasi: Here’s why some Hindu groups are removing Sai Baba idols from temples and immersing them in Ganga river”, Opindia, October 3, 2024:
“On Tuesday (1st October), Sai Baba statues were removed from several temples in Varanasi as part of a campaign launched by the ‘Sanatan Rakshak Dal’. The Hindu rights group removed a 5-foot-tall Sai idol from the Bada Ganesh Temple in Lohatia. Members of Sanatan Rakshak Dal took the idol of Sai from here wrapped it in white cloth and immersed it in the Ganga river. Similar demands to remove Sai Baba idols from Hindu temples have been raised in Lucknow and several other cities.
Speaking about why Sai Baba statues were being removed, Rammu Guru, the head priest of the Bada Ganesh temple in Varanasi said: “Sai Baba was being worshipped without proper knowledge, which is forbidden according to scriptures.”
Meanwhile, Ajay Sharma, state president of the Sanatan Rakshak Dal said: “Only the worship of Lord Shiva, the supreme deity, should take place in Kashi. Respecting the sentiments of devotees, statues of Sai Baba have already been removed from 14 temples. In the coming days, statues will also be removed from the Agastyakunda and Bhuteshwar temples……”
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At last some sense has prevailed on hindus. Earlier they were blindly praying to Saibaba. Saibaba was a muslim faqir and hindus must not pray. Those hindus praying to muslim Sai Baba commits paradharma for which punishment is Rouranarakam. All Sankaracharyas have clearly told not to pray to Saibaba. A man in Chennai filed a petition in court asking to remove Saibaba idols from hindu temple. Let us hope every temple in India will remove Saibaba idols .