Maadara swami visits Brahmin colony
Mysore, Sept 16, DH News Service: Maadara Channaiah Swamiji of Maadiga
Gurupeetha in Chitradurga was accorded a warm welcome at Krishna Dhama
–– where Pejawar Seer Vishwesha Teertha is staying currently as part
of his Chaturmasya celebrations –– and also at Krishnamurthypuram,
where he undertook a padayatra and visited some families.
Following a padayatra by Pejawar seer to the Dalit colonies in the
city, Maadaara Channaiah Swamiji had offered to go on a padayatra into
Brahmin colonies as part of his attempt to steer the social change
further.
He arrived in the city on Tuesday night and stayed as a guest at the
residence of a Brahmin family. Next morning, before setting off on the
padayatra, he came to Krishna Dhama and met the Pejawar Seer.
During the interaction, Pejawar seer stressed on the fact that Dalits
were indeed part of Hindu religion and had to stay as members of the
faith and Maadara Channaiah Swamiji said Dalits had bigger issues such
as dignity, discrimination, hunger and livelihood as their priority
and hence, conversion was something that was not of immediate
importance.
Minister Suresh Kumar joined the padayatra for a brief while at 8 am
when it began.
Post-padayatra, the Maadara seer along with Pejawar seer addressed the
gathering at Rama Mandira and said he was happy with the enthusiasm
among people to bring about the social shift.
Later, he addressed a gathering of members of Samarasya Vedike and
Rashtriya Swayamsevaka Sangha at RSS main office Madhava Kripa here.
Dalits have bigger issues at hand: Channaiah swamiji
Mysore: When the much awaited meeting between Pejawar mutt seer
Vishvesha Teertha Swamiji and Maadaara Channaiah Swamiji of Maadiga
Gurupeetha, the discussion centred around the welfare of Dalits as
against the overall welfare of Hindu dharma.
While Maadaara Channaiah Swamiji maintained that Dalits had bigger
issues at hand with their dignity and lives being threatened with
repeated attacks on the community members, Pejawar seer said
conversion into other faiths would not serve as an answer to the
existing problems.
In an interaction meeting with Pejawar seer Vishvesha Theertha
Swamiji at Krishna Dhama, Pontiff of Maadiga community stood his
ground and said conversion into Christianity or Buddhism was
'individual preference'. "Issue of conversion is not of paramount
importance for Dalits, as they feel they are being discriminated
against, by upper castes all the time," he said.
In all his concern towards Dalits, Pejawar Seer, who has held
padayatras in Dalit colonies in an attempt to end centuries of
discrimination and humiliation against Dalits, offered to give 'Bhakti
Dikshe' to Dalits. This would be an attempt to restrain them from
converting to Christianity or Buddhism either by force or through
enticement in view of protecting Hindu culture, as conversion would
put an end to their native culture by imposing its own practices on
them. To a query pertaining to the attempt being a move to strengthen
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vote bank, Pejawar seer clarified that,
his initiative was devoid of any such motives. "I am not responsible
if politicians use it to their benefit," he asserted. Prior to that,
prominent members of Brahmin community in the leadership of MLA S A
Ramadas welcomed Maadaara Channaiah Swamiji at Krishna Dhama, where
the Pejawar seer is camping as part of his Chaturmasya celebrations.
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