Subramanya, Nov,25: Hindu Jagaran Vedike put up a poster announcing the banning of other communities’ shops and stalls during the ‘Champa Shashti’ of the Kukke Subrahmanya Temple in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district. The temple is expected to see a large crowd of devotees gather for the’Champa Sashti’ festival that begins on November 29.
According to the right-wing organisation, Hindus are not being treated well in the current scenario. Taking the recent Shraddha Walkar murder case, where she was murdered and chopped into 35 pieces by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala as an example, the organisation feels it is best that there be no non-Hindu stalls at the temple premises.
But the temple’s executive officer in charge who said that they are not responsible for the poster. “The poster is erected around 1km away from the temple premises. We do not hold any responsibility,” the officer said.
When asked if they plan to allow non-Hindu traders to set up their shops/stalls during the festival time, the officer said they were following the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Rules, 2002.
The Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Rules, 2002, allows only Hindu traders to set up stalls/shops during any community or temple festivals, thus banning non-Hindus.
“We are following state government rules,” the officer said. In March a similar poster came up near the Bappanadu Durgaparameshwari temple in Dakshina Kannada, asking authorities to not lease stalls to those from other communities.
These banners were also seen in Chikmagalur’s Gonibeedu village; on that instance it declared non-Hindu traders could not be allowed at the Subramanyeshwara temple fair.
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