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The Prayagraj Mela Authority has issued a formal notice to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, questioning his use of the title “Shankaracharya” of Jyotirmath, one of Hinduism’s four cardinal seats of Advaita Vedanta.  Citing a 2022 interim Supreme Court stay on his coronation, the administration has demanded a response within 24 hours, escalating a standoff that began during the Mauni Amavasya bathing ritual at the Magh Mela in Uttar Pradesh. Image Source: Dr. Kiran J Patel on X The notice references a civil appeal pending before the Supreme Court in the matter of “Jagat Guru Shankaracharya Jyotishpeeth P.S.S.N. Saraswati vs Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati,” a longstanding dispute over the rightful successor to the Jyotish Peeth.  In October 2022, the Court explicitly stayed the pattabhishek (coronation) of Avimukteshwaranand or any other individual to the Shankaracharya post pending final adjudication. Despite this, the seer has publicly presented himself as the Jyotirmath Shan...

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to begin planning potential military action in Nigeria, warning that the West African nation could face immediate suspension of all U.S. aid and a possible armed intervention if it “continues to allow the killing of Christians.” Image Source: Official ABAT “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,” Trump declared in a post on his social media platform.  “I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians!” Nigeria stands firmly as a democracy governed by constitutional guarantees of religious liberty. Since 2023, our administration h...