Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad

Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad
Formationc. 18th century
TypeReligious organization
HeadquartersAyodhya, Uttar Pradesh
Location
Ravindra Puri (since October 2021)
Main organ
Committee

The Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad ABAP (IAST: Akhila Bhāratīya Akhāḍā Pariṣad; lit. 'All India Monastery Council'), is one of the organizations of Hindu sants (saints) and sadhus (ascetics) in India. The ABAP is composed of 14 akharas, or organisations of Hindu sants and sadhus. Nirmohi Akhara (involved in the Ram Janmabhoomi dispute in Ayodhya), Shri Dattatreya Akhara (the largest) and Niranjani Akhara (the second largest) are some of the prominent akharas which are part of it.

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