Mangalore, November 30: Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagrutha Vedike warned that it would resort to holding black flag protest against Pejawar mutt seer Vishweshateertha, if he continued his silence over the `Made Made Snana' ritual being performed at Kukke Subrahmanya temple.
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.
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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