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Mumbai: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare told a press conference here on Wednesday that Dayanand Pandey alias Mahant Amritanand detained for questioning in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the Malegaon blasts had a major role in the conspiracy.
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Mumbai: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare told a press conference here on Wednesday that Dayanand Pandey alias Mahant Amritanand detained for questioning in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the Malegaon blasts had a major role in the conspiracy.
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LUCKNOW: The Anti-Terrorism Squad of Mumbai on Wednesday detained Dayanand Pandey alias Mahant Amritanand, the Peethadheeshwar of Sharda Sarvagya Peeth in Jammu, for his alleged involvement in the Malegaon blasts in September 2007.
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LUCKNOW: The Anti-Terrorism Squad of Mumbai on Wednesday detained Dayanand Pandey alias Mahant Amritanand, the Peethadheeshwar of Sharda Sarvagya Peeth in Jammu, for his alleged involvement in the Malegaon blasts in September 2007.
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The old 'Mahant', or high priest, told us that Mahâdêo and his wife were in reality our Adam and Eve; 'they came here together', said he,
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822
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Meanwhile, addressing a press conference here on Sunday Mahant Rameshwar Das alleged police opened fire on his vehicle to execute their plot of eliminating himwith an aim to triggermore unrest in Jammu.
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"Earlier naxalites exploited and badly treated women and girls but now Maoists are not able to draw enough courage to repeat such misdeeds", asserted Mahant.
Salwa Judum divides Congress in Chhattisgarh Abhay N 2006
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"Earlier naxalites exploited and badly treated women and girls but now Maoists are not able to draw enough courage to repeat such misdeeds", asserted Mahant.
Archive 2006-12-01 Abhay N 2006
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If the Mahant is married the headship may descend in his family; but when he is unmarried his successor is one of his disciples, who is commonly chosen by election at a meeting of the Mahants of neighbouring monasteries.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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The Math comprises a set of huts or chambers for the Mahant or superior and his permanent pupils; a temple and often the Samadhi or tomb of the founder, or of some eminent Mahant; and a Dharmsala or charitable hostel for the accommodation of wandering members of the order, and of other travellers who are constantly visiting the temple.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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