While addressing media persons Shankaracharya Swami Nityanand, strongly
condemned government’s control over Hindu temples and ‘Maths’ as well as
their income collected towards donations received in these religious places
being misused, which according to him is unjustified as condition of most of
these religious places and their economic condition is turning bad to worst
and at times even these religious places are unable to purchase material to
perform prayers and distribute ‘Pershad’ to visitors. He said, voice is being
raised since past over 13 months to free all Hindu religious temples
immediately.

Shankaracharya Swami told that the amount collected towards
donations at famous Tirupati Bala temple is being misused and spent over
religious organizations other than Hindu temples by political leaders allegedly
by Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan to attract voters which is disappointing.
Swami Shankaracharya raised a question, when there is no government
control over religious places including Mosq, church and Gurudwara why and
under which condition government is having control over Hindu temples and
‘Maths’ which is unjustified and should be withdrawn by the government
immediately. He said question arises why government is having dual policy
and control over religious places belonging to other communities. He said,
there are church, mosq and Gurudwaara all over in the country being
controlled by particular communities themselves then why government
interference only in case of Hindu temples.
In reply to a media question that when India would become a Hindu nation
Shankacharya Swami said that when we talk about Hindu nation do not speak
of religion since there are nearly 204 countries across the world having Hindu
population in over 54 countries and we talk about Hindu, Muslim, Christian
and Communist population. Shankaracharya Swami said, ancient history
reveals that ancestors of large number of communities including Hindu,
Muslim and Christian were basically ‘Sanatan Arya’.
Information reveals, then Human Resources Minister Murli Manohar Joshi
had a plan to include Valmiki Ramayan, Ved Vyas, Mahabharat and study of

Kautalya Philosophy in educational syllabus but Congress leader Arjun Singh
indicating same as communalism dropped the idea to avoid controversy.
Meanwhile, Shankaracharya Swami had written three religious journals:
Neeti Chalisa, Neeti Savitri and Neeti Nidhi in order to provide religious
education to young generation.