The annual event has been celebrated at Ahmedabad’s Motera Ashram since it was started two decades ago
The annual Guru Purnima congregation held by Asaram Bapu at his Motera Ashram, on the outskirts of the city, on January 14 every year has been cancelled this year.
Instead, the event will be held at Ujjain in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh where his followers have been asked to assemble and listen to the sermons of the spiritual guru.
According to Asaram Ashram officials here, more than 1.25 lakh followers used to gather here on every Guru Purnima occasion since the annual event was started two decades ago. About 60 per cent of the visitors came from other states.
This was confirmed by the ashram’s media cell in-charge Uday Sangani.
Though the ashram officials refused to give exact reasons for Asaram skipping the event in Ahmedabad from where he began his `spiritual’ journey in 1972, sources in the ashram said the recent police action against Asaram and his ashram has made him shift the venue to the neighbouring state.Asaram fears his arrest in an attempt to murder case registered against him on December last year. Though Asaram moved from the Gujarat High court to the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the FIR registered against him, he got no reprieve.
As police has already begun investigations, Asaram may be arrested for interrogation in the case once he lands here.
The land located in the dry bed of the river Sabarmati just behind the ashram was recently taken over by the Ahmedabad district administration arguing that it was a government land and the ashram had encroached upon it. Ashram vacated the land voluntarily when it was pointed out by the district administration and the latter also put up its board declaring it as government land on Friday.
Asaram Bapu and two of his disciples were recently booked in an attempt to murder case based on complaint filed by Asaram’s former disciple Raju Chandak who was shot at on December 6. Chandak has alleged in his complaint that he was attacked at the behest of Asaram as he had deposed against the ashram in the case pertaining to mysterious death of two boys of Asaram Gururkul on July 6, 2008.
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Its a false report based on half truth. Guru Purnima is celebrated during June/July month every year after Devshayani Ekadashi in Gandhinagar, motera ashram. January 14 event is celebrated as Uttarayan/Sankranti parva. Secondly He has no fear of police or arrest. Shri Asaram Bapu was there in motera ashram on 28th evening, 29th full day and 30 Dec. till morning afer 3 day annual festival in Surat ashram on 25 - 28th Dec.'09. Secondly it is a false
FIR filed by Raju and registered by Gujarat police. How can a person drive motorcycle after getting fired by 3 bullets in his body? So far nobody heard any firing sound at the spot and no cartridge was recovered. No body saw the attackers, even police failed to trace the so called attackers so far? So this alleged attack and FIR itself is a mystry to be investigated.
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