Bangalore: Founder of the Art of Living, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar today (Nov 13, 2004) described Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi's arrest on the Diwali day as having "shaken the Hindu psyche".

In a statement in Bangalore he said, "Saints cannot even think of committing such a crime. At a time when such an accusation has been made, all that one say is that saints should keep a watch on the people around them."

He further appealed to the people to keep calm and not turn the "present crisis that Hinduism is going through into a communal issue."