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"Virtuous AvantikÄ, i.e. Ujjaina is the foot of Vishnu and KÄƱchÄ«purÄ« is His waist. Yogis consider DvarakÄ His navel and HaridvÄra His heart. MathurÄ is considered His neck and VaranasÄ« the tip of His nose. AyodhyÄ is the head of Vishnu. Sages call all these the limbs of Vishnu."
"Rare are the opportunities to reside at AyodhyÄ, to bathe in the SarayÅ« river, to visit the birthplace of RÄma and to have the darÅana of Lord RÄma. Even if one remembers the auspicious pilgrim city AyodhyÄ, he is bound not to be born till the deluge."
"He, who dwells on the bank of the Sarayū river and lives on vegetables, roots and fruits and feeds one Vipra, will get the benefit of feeding one crore Vipras."
"All sins of those persons, who after being purified by bathing on the SarayÅ«ās bank visit the janma-bhÅ«mi, are effaced, by its mere glimpse, for hundreds, thousands and crores of kalpas."
"Having reached the temple of RÄma men, who have his darÅana (glimpse) or even his rememberance, are liberated from the charana-trayam, i.e. birth, life and death."
"By a darÅana of the Janma-bhÅ«mi or remembrance of the RÄma-nÄma or bathing in the SarayÅ« river all sins are destroyed."
"He, who remembers the sacred AyodhyÄ, is blessed with wealth, reputation, long life, virtues and destruction of sins."
"The water of the SarayÅ« river at AyodhyÄ provides bliss, good luck and health. He, who listens to the story of the birth of RÄma or has a glimpse (of him or his temple or idol) or remembers him, is liberated from all sins."
"Then one should go to the Janma-sthana, which is saluted by sages and gods. By seeing which, one is liberated from all miseries and the cycle of birth. Without donation or penance or pilgrimage or sacrifices."
"If people fast on the RÄmanavamÄ« day, bathe in the SarayÅ« and make donation, they are liberated from the bound of birth."
"By a mere glimpse of the Janma-bhÅ«mi one gets that much virtue which is accumulated by donating a thousand KapilÄ cows everyday. By a mere glimpse of the Janma-bhÅ«mi one gets that much virtue which is obtained by donating a thousand crore gems to BrÄhmanas."
"By a mere glimpse of the Janma-bhūmi one obtains that much virtue which is gathered by the devotion to mother, father and the Guru."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.