Unlike other states, in Karnataka religious mutts and pontiffs play an important role in elections. Be it the agitation for reservations, protest over non-fulfilment of demands, religious or caste pontiffs take centrestage and lead the .
Tender coconut abhishekam at Subrahmanya temple
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Udupi District BJP workers arranged for abhishekam of 1,008 tender coconuts at the Muchlukodu Sri Subrahmanya Temple in Udupi on Sunday. The abhishekam was organised to ward off the ill-effects of COVID-19 infection and give strength to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking the country through this difficult period, said a statement from Udupi District BJP unit. The abhishekam was performed in the presence of Sri Sugunendra Tirtha Swamiji of Puthige Mutt, Sri Vishwaprasanna Tirtha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt and Sri Vidyadheesha Tirtha Swamiji of Palimar Mutt.
Udupi MLA K. Raghupati Bhat, Udupi District BJP president K. Suresh Nayak and Chairman of Coastal Development Authority Mattar Rathnakar Hegde took part in the event to which the general public were barred entry. A statement from Pejawar Mutt said that people from across the country made donations for conducting the abhishekam. An amount of
The State-level contest is open for institutions and youth clubs
Karkala-based non-government organisation, Jagrati Foundation, has come out with a unique programme to encourage planting of fruit-bearing saplings for the benefit of monkeys that have been straying into human habitation and agriculture fields in search of food.
It has mooted State-level Vanara Vana (Park for Monkeys) competition for institutions and youth clubs wherein the organisations plant at least 15 saplings of long-term fruit-bearing tree species and nurturing them. Foundation’s honorary advisor Gurme Suresh Shetty told reporters in Udupi on Wednesday that the winner in the competition will get a prize money of ₹55,000.