Sanatan Sanstha
Understand the science of Spirituality, do spiritual practice and attain Bliss
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| Motto | Reinstatement of the Divine Kingdom |
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| Formation | 24th March 1999 |
| Purpose | Spirituality, Educational, Religious Studies |
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Worldwide |
| Affiliations | Hindu Janajagruti Samiti |
| Website | Sanatan Sanstha |
The Sanatan Sanstha is a right-wing 'radical Hindu' group in India that claims to be a registered non-government charitable trust. It was founded in 1999 by 'hypnotherapist' Jayant Balaji Athavale with the support of Bhaktaraj Maharaj. The group states its main aim as presenting spirituality in a scientific language for the curious (Jigyasu) and guiding seekers. The organization has a chain of centres in different parts of India as well as abroad.
Athavale purports to work in the field of spirituality with a goal of gaining understanding of the spiritual dimension using a "scientific approach." To this end, he has published more than 6.5 million copies of spiritual books in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Gujarati, English and ten other languages. Sanstan Sanstha also publish four editions of Daily, weekly & fortnightly in two languages and a Monthly.News Today columnist V. Sundaram described Athavale as a "rare spirit who brings to ordinary men a realization of their own divinity and makes spiritual life seem adventurous and attractive, so that they may go forth into the world with a new interest and a new joy at heart." He claims that Athavale's work has been recognized by Hindu saints and sages belonging to all denominations.
Persons owing allegiance to Sanatan Sanstha have been arrested in four bombings in Vashi, Thane, Panvel (all in 2007) and Goa (in 2009) and in the murders of Narendra Dabholkar (in 2013), Govind Pansare and M. M. Kalburgi (both in 2015). This has led to calls for Sanatan Sanstha to be banned. However, Such claims are ruled out by Maharashtra Minister of State for Home,Karnataka CID,Goa chief minister and Central Home Ministry. On 2 December 2015, Minister of state for home for Government of India informed in Rajya Sabha that, no links could be found among the murders of Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and M. M. Kalburgi and there was no proposal to ban Sanatan Sanstha. Dabholkar's family is claiming the link between the three murders and requesting court to club the cases. However, Central Bureau of Investigation have informed High Court that it is waiting for the ballistic report from Scotland Yard to link all three cases.
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