Revenue minister R Ashoka responded positively to a letter from Sri Vishwaprasanna Thirtha urging the state government to handover gomala to registered gaushalas in Karnataka, in Udupi on Monday
UDUPI: Revenue minister R Ashoka on Monday consented positively to a request from Sri Vishwaprasanna Thirtha of Pejavar Mutt to entrust ‘gomala’ (grazing) land in the respective districts to registered gaushalas there as per their demand. The revenue department will frame rules to regularise such allocation to the gaushalas, Ashoka said, after accepting a letter from the seer handed over to him by social activists Vasudev Bhat Perampalli and S V Bhat.
Sri Vishwaprasanna Thirtha swamiji of Pejavar Adhokshaja Mutt visited dalit colony at Kodavoor village near Udupi on Sunday.
UDUPI: Following in the footsteps of his guru Sri Vishvesha Thirtha swamiji, seer of Pejavar adhokshaja mutt Sri Vishwaprasanna Thirtha on Sunday visited Dalit colony at Palekatte in Kodavoor village here. In his first such visit to the Dalit colony, the seer signalled his intent to play his part to unify the Hindu community just as Sri Vishvesha Thirtha did during his time, which many considered revolutionary step for the late seer’s time.
While the late seer’s visit was punctuated by the need to address issues of untouchability, Sri Vishwaprasanna Thirtha’s visit is driven by a vision to strengthen and empower the Hindu community across India through the Sri Ram Temple project in Ayodhya. Incidentally, the Pejavar mutt seer is one of the trustees of Sri Ram Janma Bhoomi Thirtha Kshetra Trust that is entrusted with the task of constructing the Ram Tem