Baba Budangiri belongs only to Hindus; Muslim rituals should be banned: Bajrang Dal

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December 10, 2018

Mangaluru, Dec 10: Claiming that Baba Budangiri belongs to only to Hindus, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal have demanded an end to Muslim rituals in the pilgrimage site of Chikkamagaluru district.

Addressing a press conference in the city today, the local leaders of Bajrang Dal, urged the state government to take appropriate steps to shift Muslim graves of from the disputed area to Nagenahalli and ban all kinds of rituals of Muslims at the Datta Peetha.

They also urged the government to appoint a full-time Hindu priest to the Datta Peetha cave temple and approve holding trikala pooja. Datta Peetha should be declared as a holy place for Hindus, they said.

50 thousand devotees

Sunil K R, Regional Convener of Bajrang Dal, said that Datta-maala abhiyan will be held from December 12 to 21 this year as part of Datta Jayanti to be held on December 22 at Sri Guru Inam Dattatreya Bababudangiri Swamy Dargah.

He said as many as 50 thousand data-maala-dhaaris from across the state would take part in the event. Among them at least 15 thousand devotees would be from Mangaluru division, comprising of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu and Kasaragod districts.

He said VHP and Bajragn Dal would organize Anusooya puja, Ganapathi homa, and Durga homa at Datta Peeta on December 20. The next day, a massive rally would be held in the city of Chikkamagaluru. Datta Jayanti will be observed at Datta Peetha on December 22 and the devotees will have the darshan of Datta Paduke.

Bajrang Dal leaders Murali Hasntadka, Bhujanga Kulal, Praveen Kuttar, Naveen Moodushedde and Puneet Attavar were present among others.

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Mangaluru: KSRTC resumes services to Bengaluru, other cities with new safety rules

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May 19,2020

Mangaluru, May 19: With lockdown 4.0 coming into force, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) started bus services from Mangaluru to various destinations today.

According to officials, buses started plying from Mangaluru to Bengaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Hubballi and other areas with limited passengers. A bus, which left for Bengaluru from Mangaluru had less than 30 passengers on board.

“Depending on the demand, the buses will be operated with 50% of the capacity. Measures have been taken to ensure that social distancing norms are adhered to while purchasing tickets from the counter,” said S N Arun, KSRTC Divisional Controller.

However, the KSRTC is yet to take a decision on operating Nagarasarige buses in the city.

“Only those destinations, which can be reached by 7 pm has been considered by the KSRTC while operating the buses. As a result, after 11 am, no buses will travel to Bengaluru from Mangaluru. Further, permission will not be accorded for the travelling of pregnant women, children below 10 years old and senior citizens above 60 years old. Thermal scanning is used for checking the temperature of the passengers before boarding the buses. All the buses are sanitised after each trip,” he said.

Further, he said the contact number, name and address of the passengers are collected by the officials during the travel.

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Sanitary napkin vending machines installed at 10 bus stands including Mangaluru

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February 7,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 7: In an attempt to promote menstrual hygiene among women, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has installed vending machines and incinerators to dispense and dispose off sanitary napkins at 10 bus stands of the state including Mangaluru.

The machines have been installed inside the women's washroom and women can purchase sanitary napkins from the vending machines by inserting five rupee coins.

Nearly 100 napkins can be stored in the vending machines at a time and housekeeping personnel have been instructed to replenish the stock, as and when required.

While directions on how to use the machine have been displayed near the machines, people can get seek assistance from housekeeping staff if needed.

Initially, the machines were installed at two depots in Bengaluru on a pilot basis and in the second phase it has been extended to 10 KSRTC bus depots.

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