Hyderabad, Jan. 15 -- The head priest of Bageshwar Dham, Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, has yet again made a controversial statement, saying that if people stop believing in the Vedas, their children will end up becoming "Naved, Javed."

Speaking to the media in Jaipur on Wednesday, January 14, Shastri announced a gurukul will be established at Bageshwar Dham, a Hindu pilgrimage site in Garha village of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

"Food lasts for a day, water lasts for one hour, but knowledge lasts for a lifetime. The people who do not believe in the Vedas, their children in the future will end up becoming Naved and Javed. That is why to promote the Vedas, we are establishing a gurukul at Bageshwar Dham," he said.

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