Mangalore: The Hindu People’s Awareness Committee has requested young people among Hindus through Mass Media, not to observe “Valentine day” seeking love between men and women of marriageable age as a day of romance and exchanging gifts by lovers.
The Committee in a press released issued on the eve of the so-called Valentine’s Day as lovers’ day informed all Hindus that valentine was not a saint but a sinner like Adam, who got young women married to young men in his time in secret ways. This immoral monk of Christian faith broke out the rule of bachelorhood among padres and nuns by writing a love letter to the daughter of a jail officer as “from your Valentine”, when the Roman King Claudius 2nd had ordered unmarried youths only to join the Army in the 3rd century AD. It is clear that monk Valentine had fallen in love with a young woman against moral standards, like a sinner. Such a person has been beatified and made a Saint by Roman Catholic Church and his memory has nothing to do with Hindu boys/girls.
The Valentine’s Day appears to be imposed on innocent young Hindu minds by Christian Church and their followers to seek conversions of Hindus to Christianity. This crooked motive behind the observance of Valentine’s Day is a mockery of true religion and has to be opposed tooth and nail. The physical compulsions negative spiritual laws in this respect, said the press release from Hindu Jana Jagriti Committee local chief Ramesh Nayak today at a Press meet in city.
He also underscored the danger hidden in Love Jehad by Muslim Leaders to convert Hindus into Muslims under the false garb of Love which has a spiritual tenor to it, he added.
He said the H.J.Committee was sworn to oppose both Valentine Day and Love Jihad as sugar coated bitter pills to increase of disease of religious conversion within India and abroad, especially working against innocent Hindu boys and girls.
Arun Acharya District Head, Sangeeta Prabhu Sanatana Institute were present in the press meet.