We are sorry to be the bearers of sad news, but our Maananiya Ashokji Singhal (Patron, Vishva Hindu Parishad) passed away at 02.24 P.M. today (November 17Tue, 2015) at Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon near New Delhi from irreversible pulmonary complications. He had developed pulmonary infection and pneumonia during his short visit to his ancestral home in Allahabad and on 20th October he was brought back by Air Ambulance and admitted to ICU in Medanta. Things had improved, he was feeling well and discharged on November 12 and brought to his nephew Shri Ravi Singhal’s place in Delhi, but again the breathing problem started and he was re-admitted to the hospital on 13th November night in a critical condition. His vital signs were taken care of by ventilator, medicines, dialysis and other processes and there was a semblance of rejuvenation and stability.
The Home Minister of Bharat, some other central Ministers and prominent people had gone to Medanta to see him. His vital signs began sinking again and today he went, in the presence of his nephews and their family members who had come from all over the country and senior VHP office-bearers, to his Ishtadev for further work leaving behind his 90 year old mortal coil which off late he was finding uncooperative with his ever proactive mind and thoughts for the cause of holistic, altruistic, syncretic, uncompromising cultural nationalism and Bharat Mata Ki Jai. His uncooperative physical health notwithstanding, he undertook a month-long organizational trip along with three of his Sah-Yogis to the UK, Holland and USA in August-September last. Today is Chhath Puja day – the Sun’s Day – and the seasoned Karma Yogi chose this auspicious day to give up his overworked aged body after paying due taxes for well-using it for so long.
After political independence, the country has seen many movements including the two biggest ones – the one being the Sampurna Kranti movement led by Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan in 1975 and the other being the Sri Rama Janma Bhumi movement in the 90s (for cultural independence, national honour and cultural nationalism) led by Ma. Ashokji Singhal with the blessings of the Sant Samaj of Bharat who loved this bachelor Sannyasin (monk) in white wear as their most competent, obedient and reliable son who 24X7 served the cause of Maa Bhaarati for over 70 years! He gave confidence, self-esteem and pride to the Hindus in Bharat and elsewhere in the world including our NRI and PIO communities who all form 1/6th of the seven billion global population who earlier, under the pseudo-secular offensives, had become chronically apologetic about being Hindu.
From the hospital, his mortal remains would be brought to the house of his nephew at New Delhi, then at 08.30 P.M. for 1½ hours to the VHP Karyalay at Ramakrishna Puram-VI and then taken to the Sangh Karyalay (Keshav Kunj), Jhandewalan, New Delhi where Karyakartas, Sah-Yogis, friends, admirers and others can pay their floral tributes till 04.00 P.M. tomorrow (18.11.2015) and at 04.30 P.M. the Antim Sanskar would take place at the Nigambodh Ghat – the cremation ground, continually active for funeral services since long before the times of Indraprastha (now Delhi) – the Capital of the kingdom of the Pandavas during the Mahabharata period over 5,000 years ago – on the banks of the holy Yamuna. Mananiya Sarakaryawah Shri Bhaiyyaji Joshi and Ma. Sah-Sarakaryawah Sri Bhagaiyyaji would join all Karyakartas in performing the Antyeshti Kriya tomorrow.
His Asthi (relics) would be taken to 51 places all over Bharat – East, West, North, South – including Haridwar, Mathura, Ayodhya, Allahabad, Varanasi, Chitrakoot, Arunachal Pradesh, etc. – where the leading members of his beloved Sant Samaj would pay their tributes to him – and then the Asthi would be either immersed at the traditional/popular Asthi Visarjan rivers/water bodies in the respective areas or given Bhoo-Samadhi as per the local tradition. On November 22Sunday, 2015, a Shraddhanjali Sabha would take place in a 5,000 capacity Stadium near Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium from 3 to 6 P.M. under the chairmanship of Param Pujya Sarasanghachalak Mananiya Dr. Mohan Rao Bhagwat.
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CHAMPAT RAI
SECRETARY GENERAL
VISHVA HINDU PARISHAD
SANKAT MOCHAN ASHRAM
RAMAKRISHNA PURAM SECTOR-6
NEW DELHI – 110 022 BHARAT (INDIA)
Source: World Hindu News (WHN)