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| March 9-March 22, 2014
NO PROPOSAL TO CHANGE NAME OF SHANKARACHARYA HILL : OMAR
R
ESPONDING to the campaign being spearheaded by few Kashmiri pandit organsiations against naming Shankaracharya Hill
as Takht-e- Suleiman Chief Minister Omar
Abdullah on Sunday made it clear that there is no
proposal to change the name of the
Shankaracharya Hill, on which the revered Lord
Shiva temple is located here.
sion since it was based on the figments of some
very active imaginations but no such luck," he
said.
"Let me be as clear as I can - there is NO,
repeat NO proposal by the state to change the
name of Shankracharaya Hill in Srinagar," Omar
wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter.
"From conversations with ASI (Archaeological
Survey of India), I have ascertained that there is
no such proposal with them either. So I have no
idea why the rumour!" he asked.
Omar said he wanted to stay out of the discussion on the issue as it was based only on "imagination". "I had wanted to stay out of this discus-
Omar said the Shankaracharya Hill has been
known by parallel names and will be known by
these names in future as well.
CARTOON CORNER
The Chief Minister said he failed to understand
why the issue was being raked up as there was no
basis to the renaming of the hill, which has a
revered Shiva temple on the top.
B U N T Y
"There have always been parallel names for
Shankracharaya hill and always will be. This isn't
the only place with two or more names," Omar
said.
"So can we please put this unnecessary drama
to rest and stop manufacturing an issue where
none exists. Call it whatever you like," he added.
The Chief Minister said there were some real
issues, involving consequences of life and death,
facing the state over the recent days.
"Recent days have shown that we have real
issues to deal with, often with life and death consequences. These imaginary issues don't help," he
said.
T O O N S
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