On the sixth day of Sahastra Chandi Maha Yagya cum Mandar Maha Kumbh festival organized during the Pran Pratishtha of the newly built Durga temple in Banka district, Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, the Peethadheeshwar of Baba Bageshwar Dham, arrived on Sunday (09 March). Lakhs of devotees gathered in Gaura village to welcome him. A lot of enthusiasm and zeal was seen among the devotees. The people of Banka gave a grand welcome to Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri.

'Dhirendra Shastri is in Bihar' - Devotee

Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri got people to chant Bihari slogans as soon as he reached the stage. He asked the devotees, 'How are you... are you okay? I am fine too.' During his address, he asked the devotees several times, 'What is in Bihar?', to which the devotees replied, 'Dhirendra Shastri is in Bihar.'

He further said that 'before and after our arrival in Bihar, many people said that Baba should be put in jail, Baba should not come to Bihar. We said the night before yesterday, 'Beyond the thatch... you could not stop the Rohingyas. You could not stop the intruders, we are Indians, India is ours, we are from Bihar, Bihar is ours, will anyone stop us?'

He said, Bihar is the land of saints, Bihar is the land of Mahants, Bihar is the land of Chanakya, Bihar is the land of the country's first President Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Bihar is the land of knowledge, Bihar is the land of Janaki Mata, now nothing is going to remain Banka in this Banka district.

He said that a journalist told us that making India a Hindu nation is unconstitutional, so we said, 'Brother, when a piece of Bharat Mata was cut off in 1947 and Pakistan was created, then what is the problem in making the remaining part a Hindu nation.

He said, my fools, we have come to talk to you about something, the matter is very simple, when Ram shot an arrow at Ravana, Ravana fell down, during this time Ram ji was standing in front. Ravana said to Ram ji, 'I am ahead of you in everything, I am much bigger than you in strength, position, family, wealth, power, but there is only one reason for my defeat. On this Ram ji asked what, 'Ravan said- my brother was not with me and your brother was with you.