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Belagavi (Karnataka), May 24 (IANS) Amid the raging pandemic, hundreds of people in Gokak taluk of Karnataka's Belgavi defied all Covid safety protocols to take part in a "divine" horse's funeral. Authorities have now swung in action to seal of the village and test the residents.
This incident was reported on Sunday after the horse of Maradi Mutt, a local religious institution, died.
Some Mathas belonging to various castes and communities in north Karnataka region, have practice of rearing horses like some temples in Kerala rear elephants, as divine. Whenever such horse is let off by Mutt, people who live in the vicinity pray to the animal, while making offerings to it.