Even because the “paduka” of Sant Tukaram Maharaj left for Pandhurpur from Dehu by two state transport buses on Monday morning, the Supreme Court dismissed a plea searching for the state authorities’s determination to name it “vari” or annual The determination to disclaim permission to finish the pilgrimage was challenged. Walk to Lord Vitthal Temple at Pandharpur, a distance of 250 kms.
Buses left for Pandharpur for Ashadhi Ekadashi Yatra with paduka at round 8.30 am on Monday morning. About 40 Varkaris, 20-20 in a bus, have been accompanied by “padukas”. Pairs of buses have been adorned with flowers and given police safety.
Meanwhile, a bench of Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana, and Justices AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy declined to entertain a petition filed by the Sant Namdev Maharaj Sansthan on the difficulty, the Bar and Bench reported.
The petition challenged the Maharashtra authorities’s determination to permit solely 10 palanquins to undertake the pilgrimage to Pandharpur in view of the emergence of the delta-plus model of COVID-19.
The petition states that the Maharashtra authorities arbitrarily denied permission to conduct the age-old apply of Wari and denial of permission to lakhs of Warkaris and over 250 registered Palkis violated the elemental rights of Warkaris.
The NGO stated final 12 months the Varkaris didn’t press for the pilgrimage however this 12 months it must be allowed. The plea sought a path to the apex court docket to permit all Warkaris to journey on foot from their properties to the Lord Vitthal temple and to rearrange for inter-state bus providers to the state to move the Warkaris.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
