‘Religious conversion creates confrontation between faiths, does not promote harmony’

Strongly condemning spiritual conversion, Vice President of India C.P. Radhakrishnan connected Sunday said existent secularism means treating each religion equally. Speaking astatine a programme successful Dharmasthala to inaugurate the SIRI Mathrushree Industrial Park, Mr. Radhakrishnan said everyone has the close to stay successful the religion they profess and to worship God successful their ain way.

Every religion, helium said, helps humanity scope the feet of God done the signifier of bhakti. “If harmony is to prevail among each religions, determination should beryllium a afloat halt to spiritual conversions,” helium said, adding, “Religious conversion creates confrontation betwixt faiths and does not beforehand harmony.”

Secularism, helium added, means ensuring adjacent attraction for each religions and showing respect for each spiritual leaders. “We should not prosecute successful appeasement for immoderate peculiar religion, whether it beryllium Hinduism oregon others. I judge successful Lord Manjunathaswamy, and if idiosyncratic believes successful Christ, they should beryllium escaped to commune successful their ain manner. That is existent secularism.”

Lauding the enactment carried retired astatine Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala, the Vice President said it has ever risen supra spiritual boundaries and societal divisions. For implicit 8 centuries, the spot has remained a awesome of harmony and coexistence and has been serving the poor. “At a clip erstwhile the satellite is talking astir co-existence, Dharmasthala has been practising it for galore centuries,” helium said. Under the enactment of Veerendra Heggade, the spot has emerged arsenic a large spiritual centre.

The SIRI Gramodyoga Samste, helium said, has been a level for empowerment, transforming agrarian radical into wealthiness creators and entrepreneurs. Stating that the two-decade-long maturation travel of SIRI was genuinely inspiring, helium said it showed that nation-building requires patience, perseverance and semipermanent vision. SIRI has nicely integrated accepted skills with modern absorption practices. The products of SIRI are of quality, helium said, adding that helium was arrogant of them.

The SIRI Mathrushree Industrial Park, dispersed implicit 7 acres, is an illustration of a socially liable agrarian improvement initiative, the Vice President said.

Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and Pattadhikari of Sri Kshetra Dharmastala Veerendra Heggade besides spoke. MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta and MLC Pratapsimha Nayak were present.

Earlier, the Vice President visited the Manjunatha temple and offered the darshan to the deity. He besides exchanged greetings with devotees astatine the temple.