Vows rather than disrespect

Monday 06th April 2015 16:41 EDT
 

Baroness Flathers letter that the Neasden Swaminarayan temple is not a Hindu temple is invalid! She claims the the Swaminarayan movement does not believe in the, 'same Hindu gods and goddesses'. It is obvious that she has never visited the Neasden Mandir.
Baroness Flather claims that the Swaminarayan movement does not allow women to be present in front of Sadhus (monks). This has nothing to do with disrespecting women. It is about the vows a Sadhu takes to dedicate his life to God. Tens of thousands of women devotees of the Swaminarayan movement understand this and respect their Sadhus.
The Baroness who once claimed in this paper that she is an atheist need not worry about the Swaminarayan Hindu women given that she has so many important state issues to be worried about.
Nitin Mehta
Croydon


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