Mahakumbh Nagar:
After enthralling her followers, movie lovers and viewers in varied roles and characters she performed, actor Mamta Kulkarni on Friday launched into a religious journey by renouncing her worldly life and assuming a brand new id of ‘Mai Mamta Nand Giri’, the Uttar Pradesh authorities mentioned.
In an announcement, the UP authorities mentioned within the ongoing Maha Kumbh, Mamta Kulkarni first took ‘sanyas’ within the Kinnar Akhara after which she acquired a brand new identify ‘Mai Mamta Nand Giri’ in the identical akhara.
After performing ‘Pind Daan’, the Kinnar Akhara carried out her pattabhishek (consecration ceremony).
Mamta Kulkarni, 52, reached the Kinnar Akhara in Maha Kumbh on Friday the place she met Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Laxmi Narayan Tripathi of Kinnar Akhara and sought his blessings. She additionally met the president of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP), Mahant Ravindra Puri.
Mamta Kulkarni took a dip within the sacred waters of the Sangam and was seen within the garments of a ‘sadhvi’.
Kinnar Akhara’s Mahamandaleshwar Kaushalya Nand Giri alias Tina Maa informed PTI that Mamta Kulkarni carried out her personal ‘Pind Daan’ on the banks of River Ganga on Friday. Round 8 pm, she was consecrated as mahamandaleshwar amid Vedic chanting within the Kinnar Akhara.
The Kinnar Akhara was established by eunuchs in 2018 and it capabilities below the Juna Akhara. Whereas an akhara is a Hindu spiritual order, Pind Daan is a ritual carried out to pay homage to the departed ancestors.
With this induction, Mamta Kulkarni joins the ranks of the revered mahamandaleshwars — a title given to religious leaders who play an important function in spiritual discourse and social upliftment.
After sanyas and pattabhishek, Mamta mentioned it could be “my success that I’m additionally turning into a witness on this holy second of Maha Kumbh”.
She mentioned she was receiving the blessings of the saints. She took initiation (‘deeksha’) from Guru Shri Chaitanya Gagan Giri in Kupoli Ashram 23 years in the past and now she was coming into a brand new life with full sanyas, the assertion added.
Chatting with reporters, Mamta Kulkarni mentioned, “I began my penance (‘tapasya’) in 2000. And I selected Laxmi Narayan Tripathi as my ‘pattaguru’ as a result of right this moment is Friday… it’s the day of Maha Kaali (Goddess Kaali).
“Yesterday, preparations have been on to make me a mahamandaleshwar. However right this moment Maa Shakti instructed me that I select Laxmi Narayan Tripathi as a result of that particular person is a ‘saakshaat’ (direct) type of Ardhnaareshwar. What else is usually a greater title than an Ardhnaareshwar doing my ‘pattabhishek’,” she mentioned.
Mamta Kulkarni mentioned she needed to face an examination for the title of mahamandaleshwar.
“I used to be requested what did I do in 23 years. After I cleared all of the examinations, I acquired the ‘upaadhi’ of mahamandaleshwar,” she mentioned.
She mentioned she was feeling very good right here and such planetary positions are being shaped after 144 years. No Maha Kumbh could possibly be as pious as this one, she added.
Requested whether or not there was anger amongst a bit of the seers over her ‘deeksha’, she mentioned, “A number of individuals are offended, my followers are additionally offended, they really feel that I’ll return to Bollywood. However it’s all proper.
“Regardless of the Gods want. Nobody can supercede the desire of Mahakaal and Mahakaali. He’s ‘param Brahm’. I’ve carried out the ritual of ‘Pind Daan’ at Sangam,” she informed reporters.
Tina Maa mentioned within the presence of Mahamandaleshwar Swami Mahendranand Giri of Juna Akhara, Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Laxmi Narayan Tripathi of Kinnar Akhara and different Kinnar Mahamandaleshwars, 5 Mahamandaleshwars — Girnari Nand Giri, Krishnanand Giri, Rajeshwari Nand Giri, Vidya Nand Giri and Neelam Nand Giri — have been consecrated on this programme.
She mentioned Mamta Kulkarni has been related to Juna Akhara for the final two years and he or she got here in touch with Kinnar Akhara for the previous two-three months.
Tripathi confirmed Mamta Kulkarni’s affiliation with the Kinnar Akhara and her religious journey.
“Mamta Kulkarni has been in contact with us for the previous one-two years. She had beforehand been linked with Juna Akhara,” Tripathi mentioned.
When Mamta Kulkarni got here to Maha Kumbh, she expressed her want to serve Sanatan Dharm, the seer mentioned, including the seers don’t stand between a devotee and the divine and thus, they revered her want. Kulkarni has now accomplished the sacred rituals and can quickly formally be part of the akhara, Tripathi mentioned.
In a press convention held after the pattabhishek, Mamta Kulkarni mentioned, “Laxmi Narayan Tripathi understood my 23 years of penance and Swami Mahendranand Giri Maharaj took my take a look at through which I handed. I didn’t know that I used to be being examined for the final three days. I acquired the invitation to be made mahamandaleshwar solely yesterday.” She mentioned she joined the Kinnar Akhara as a result of it was the ‘madhyam maargi’ (center path).
“I didn’t wish to return to Bollywood, so I left Bollywood 23 years in the past. Now I’ll independently preach Sanatan Dharma by adopting the ‘madhyam maarg’. I had earlier come right here for Maha Kumbh 12 years in the past,” she mentioned.
The brand new mahamandaleshwar additionally mentioned, “I needed to go to Kashi Vishwanath for darshan right this moment however the pandit I knew there went lacking right this moment. I do not know why they disappeared. However Swami Mahendranand Giri, Indra Bharti Maharaj and one other maharaj appeared earlier than me within the type of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh.” Mamta Kulkarni mentioned her thoughts informed her that if she did penance for 23 years, she deserved a certificates (of the put up of mahamandaleshwar).
About her movie journey, she mentioned, “I acted in 40-50 movies and after I left the movie trade, I had 25 movies in hand. I didn’t take sanyas on account of any drawback, however to expertise the bliss.” Mahant Balak Das, the Peethadhishwar of Patalpuri Math, mentioned, “The method of turning into a mahamandaleshwar could be very easy. There are 13 akharas, every have distinctive guidelines however the central worth of service stays paramount.” He mentioned turning into a mahamandaleshwar entails 12 years of dedication and religious observe.
“The method consists of day by day chanting of Ram Japa 1,25,000 occasions and residing a lifetime of strict penance (Tapomayi Jeevan). The aspirant should observe a disciplined routine with solely three-four hours of sleep per day,” he mentioned.
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