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Vedike warns Pejawar seer over Made Snana ritual
STANLY PINTO , TNN | Nov 29, 2011, 08.21PM IST
MANGALORE: Demanding Pejawar mutt seer Vishweshateertha to raise voice
against `Made Made Snana' ritual being performed at Kukke Subrahmanya,
the Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagrutha Vedike warned that
they would resort to holding black flag protest if he continued his
silence or support the ritual.
KS Shivaramu, state president of the vedike, said the seer on the one
hand protests against atrocities on Dalits and on the other hand keeps
silent on the ritual where Dalits also take part.
``We will have to believe that the ritual at Kukke is taking place
under his instructions. Unless he raises his voice, we suspect his
taking a dual stand on the Dalits,'' he said.
He also said it was shameful that the superstitious ritual was going
on in chief minister Sadananda Gowda's home district, urging him to
ban this social injustice being foisted on Dalits in the name of
tradition. Shivaramu also questioned Kukke seer Vidya Prasanna
Theertha supporting the ritual, challenging him to perform the ritual
and then support it.
``Mutts should educate and create awareness among the devotees.
Instead, the religious centres are sowing the seeds of superstition,''
he charged.
Meet in Mysore
The vedike will hold a meet to decide the next course of action to
fight against the ritual at Jala Darshini, Mysore on December 4, under
the presidentship of writer Prof Aravind Malagatti.
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