The Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday disputed the Assam government's claim that the Bhimashankar Jyotirling exists in the north-eastern state.
Days after a controversy over the Assam government바카라™s claims about the existence of 바카라˜Bhimashankar Jyotirling바카라™ in the north-eastern state, Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said everyone is aware that the holy place is located in the western Indian state.
바카라œEveryone is aware that Bhimashankar Jyotirling is in Maharashtra and nobody has any doubts over this,바카라 Fadnavis told reporters on Tuesday.
바카라œIf I were to give an advertisement tomorrow claiming that Kamakhya temple is in Maharashtra, will Kamakhya temple come to Maharashtra? It will stay where it is, at Guwahati,바카라 Fadnavis said.
바카라œI feel those raising such issues have no other issues to raise,바카라 the senior BJP leader said.
The remarks by Fadnavis came after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday asserted that the Bhimashankar Jyotirling is situated in the ancient Kamrup region of the northeastern state.
During a visit to the 바카라˜Bhimashankar Dham Jyotirling Temple바카라™ at Pamohi in Guwahati, Sarma said the advent of 바카라˜Bhimashankar Jyotirling바카라™ took place in 바카라˜Kamrup Pradesh바카라™ as per the 바카라˜Shiva Puran바카라™.
"The 바카라˜Puran바카라™ has descriptions of Dakini hill, Kamrup, and the king of Kamrup. It is written in the 바카라˜Shiv Puran바카라™ that 바카라˜Bhimashankar Jyotirling바카라™ is in Kamrup. "This is our belief. Maharashtra may have its beliefs. Other places in India also have their beliefs regarding Lord Shiva," Sarma, also from BJP, had told reporters.
A controversy had recently erupted with leaders from Maharashtra cutting across political lines objecting to an Assam government advertisement with the claims.
According to Hindu mythology, a Jyotirling (column or pillar of light) is a devotional representation of Lord Shiva.
Traditionally, the Shiva temple at Bhimashankar near Pune in Maharashtra is considered to be among the 12 바카라˜Jyotirlingas바카라™ in the country.
Sarma had also claimed that Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray faction lost its symbol as the fallout of the 바카라˜Bhimashankar Jyotirling바카라™ episode.
The Election Commission had on Friday recognised Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena, and ordered allocation of the 'bow and arrow' poll symbol to it, delivering a big blow to Uddhav, whose father Bal Thackeray founded the outfit in 1966.
The Akhil Bhartiya Tirth Purohit Mahasabha on Wednesday said the Assam government바카라™s claim about the existence of Bhimashankar Jyotirling in that state was an attempt to distort religious history.
It said the Assam government recently released full-page advertisements in newspapers claiming Bhimashankar in Assam as one of the 12 Jyotirlingas and a call to pay obeisance to the deity on Maha Shivratri by visiting Bhimashankar Jyotirling in Assam was also given through the advertisement.