Udupi, Oct 30: While the royal Bengal tiger fights a losing battle for survival, one of the most influential Hindu seers has held India's “incumbent” national animal responsible for the increasing violence and terrorism in the country.
Sri Visweswara Theertha Swamy, the chief pontiff of the powerful Pejawar Mutt, has suggested that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi should consider declaring the cow' as the new “national animal” of India.
The seer, who has been demanding the elevation of India's most worshipped animal to the post of the country's national animal for several years, on Thursday reiterated his demand and said that the violence in the country would reduce if the tiger was unseated from the "coveted post".
Speaking at Channarayapatna in Hassan district of Karnataka, the seer opined that a cruel animal holding the position of national animal was one of the main reasons for the increasing violence in India.
Dubbing the tiger as a symbol of terror, the seer said that the cow symbolised mildness and abundance. The cow has obtained a prominent place in the Indian cultural heritage, he pointed out.
He called upon people to protect the cow and asked them to chant go mataram' on the lines of vande mataram.
The chief pontiffs of several other prominent Mutts of Karnataka have also endorsed the proposal of Pejawar seer.
The cow, the seer and the tiger!
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