Saturday, 11th December 2010
Dalits protest against 'Made Snana' ritual inside Subramanya temple
by CD Network
Friday, 10 December 2010 17:49
Mangalore, December 10: A group of Dalits and people of Backward
Classes of Friday staged a protest at the popular Kukke Subramanya
Temple in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district demanding to ban
"Made Snana".
The protest was organised under the banner of "Karnataka Rajya
Hindulida Vargagala Jagruta Vedike (KRHVJV)" and "Dalita Hindulida
Alpasankhyatara Samanvaya Vedike (DHASV).
Speaking on the occasion KRHVJV President K Shivarama said that the
district administration and the state government should immediately
intervene to stop such reckless practices in the temples.
He warned that if the temple authorities failed to stop Made Snana the
Dalit and Backward Classes organisations along with other like-minded
groups would intensify their protest against this shameful ritual of
Hinduism.
He also criticised new Muzrai minister of the state Dr VS Acharya, who
had recently justified 'Made Snana' saying that it is an 'innocuous'
practice. "Such a foul ritual in a Muzrai temple is a shame," he
said.
Vidya Prasanna Tirtha of Subramanya Math had recently said that the
Math, which he heads, had nothing to do with the temple, which was
managed by the Endowment Department of the Government of Karnataka.
He had also said that this ritual is a matter of people's belief and
no force is used to make people offer Made Snana.
`Made Snana' is a practice of people, most of them Dalits, rolling on
plantain leaves used by Brahmins for meals, under the belief that it
will cure them of skin ailments. This will be performed on special
occasions, like the annual shashthi inside the temple premises
(horangana). This year, the three-day annual fair started on Thursday.
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