Lucknow: Mahant Narendra Giri, president of Akhara Parishad, the apex body of lakhs of saints across the country, has passed away. Let all of you know that he was found dead on Monday. Mahant Narendra Giri has been surrounded by constant controversies for more than a decade and a half. Let us tell you that after assuming the throne of Baghmbri, his series of controversies started from the year 2004 and this trend continued till his last time. Sometimes he remained in controversies due to tussle with the police, sometimes politicians and sometimes with the saints. On the other hand, his most important disciple Anand Giri is currently in controversy because Mahant Narendra Giri has written his name in his suicide note. At present, we tell you the controversy related to Mahant Narendra Giri.

Controversy 1- Mahant Narendra Giri was in the headlines when he had distanced himself from his most special disciple Anand Giri. In fact, the distance between these two increased from Haridwar Kumbh. Narendra Giri is said to have barred him from entering the Baghambari Gaddi Math and Bade Hanuman Mandir, accusing Swami Anand Giri of having ties to the family and misusing the monastic-temple funds. At the same time, there were allegations and counter-allegations from both sides for several days and after that on May 26, in Lucknow, Anand Giri apologized by holding the feet of the Guru. However, now after the death, Mahant Narendra Giri has written the name of Anand Giri in his suicide note.

Controversy 2- Questions were also raised on the death of Mahant Ashish Giri, secretary of Panchayati Akhara Shri Niranjani, on November 17, 2019, under suspicious circumstances. During that time, many people had raised questions on Mahant Narendra Giri, although later the police investigation did not yield anything.

Controversy 3- The dispute of Narendra Giri was also related to the purchase of land in 2012 from Mahesh Narayan Singh, the SP leader and MLA from Handia. In fact, in February 2012, Mahant had filed a case against SP leaders Mahesh Narayan Singh, Shailendra Singh, Harinarayan Singh and 50 unknowns in George Town. At that time the other party had also filed a report against Narendra Giri, Anand Giri and two others.

Controversy 4- After a dispute with his guru Mahant Narendra Giri, yoga guru Swami Anand Giri released two videos in May alleging misuse of temple money. At that time, in a video, the girls were dancing and people associated with the big Hanuman temple and math were dancing with them. In those videos, notes were also being rained on bar-balas. In the second video, it was raining notes amid chants. During that time, Mahant Narendra Giri was blessing the bride and groom in those videos.

Controversy 5- With the biggest disco of Delhi-NCR in Noida, the name of Narendra Giri also came in the controversy of making Sachin Dutta alias Satchidanand Giri, the operator of the beer bar, on 31 July 2015 as Mahamandaleshwar. At that time, in the presence of the then Cabinet Minister Shivpal Yadav and Tourism Minister Om Prakash Singh, Narendra Giri had made the Mahamandaleshwar of Niranjani Akhara by performing Pattabhishek of Sachin.

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