Wednesday, January 19 2005 19:21 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Kancheepuram: The Junior Pontiff of Kanchi Mutt Vijayendra Saraswathi today (Jan 19, 2005) said there was not even one per cent truth in the charge of involvement of the Senior Acharya Jayendra Saraswathi and himself in the murder of the temple official Sankararaman.

"This case has not even one per cent of truth. With the help of God, elders and sages, we will come through this present crisis of bad name and bad times," he told reporters after he was remanded to judicial custody till January 24.

"Stand united and strive for the excellence of the Samaj," he said as he was boarding a police van.

He also addressed the people, who had thronged outside the magistrate court, for the first time since he was arrested on January 10.

He said the youth of India and abroad were all praying and striving hard for the well being of mankind. "All will be well soon by God's grace and these bad times will end," he said while referring to the Sankararaman murder case.

Earlier, after completion of one-day police custody, he was produced before the first class judicial magistrate G Uthamaraj.

Vijayendra's counsel, Y Thygarajan requested the magistrate to order for Ayurvedic treatment to the Seer as he was suffering from pain in the neck. The magistrate asked him to file a petition for this purpose.

Earlier, when Vijayendra started speaking to the lawyers and spectators inside the court hall, the magistrate had to call for order.