Disfiguring of gods': Hindutva bandh evokes mixed response in Srirangapatna

Srirangapatna, May 23: The bandh called by Hindutva organisations in the town on Sunday, against the police for releasing three persons who had disfigured the carvings of Hindu gods on the wall of the historical fort here, evoked a mixed response.

It is said that three miscreants - Shamshuddin of Srirangapatna, Jamiulla of Mysuru and Danash of Uttar Pradesh – were seen disfiguring the carvings of Ganesha and Hanuman on the wall of the fort near the obelisk memorial here on Saturday evening. The public, who noticed the same caught the trio, thrashed them and handed them over to the police. But the police released the trio within an hour, which irked the members of Hindu outfits, who said that the police had neglected the issue.

Taluk Panchayat president T Sridhar, Hindu Jagarana Vedike taluk convenor Chandan and others demanded action against the police for dereliction of duty. IGP Vijay Kumar Singh (southern range), SP Sudhir Kumar Reddy camped in the town on Sunday and gathered information from the local officers. Speaking to Deccan Herald, Inspector M K Deepak said cases had been filed against the trio under Section 295 of the IPC and they were released later. A probe was on and if necessary, they would be taken into custody, he said.

During the bandh, vehicular traffic was almost normal. The members of Hindu Jagarana Vedike, RSS, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and BJP took part in a protest march, which passed through the main streets of the town. They raised slogans against the government and the police. There was heated exchange of words between the agitators and the police near the Jamia Masjid Circle.

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I'm writing about my personal opinion.

Hinduism is far too old a religion,
For any religion one must have noticed that slowly and slowly ppl leave the burdens of right and wrong.

From my point of view there is nothing dissimilar in-between both.
( just Islam doesn't allow murti puja) is the basic difference.
So ppl following Islam doesn't even know how their prophet looked.

Islam is a newer religion, almost the recent amongst others( Hinduism, Christianity, Zodaism)

What Muslims believe is that the ppl following earlier religions started worshiping God's messengers and not actually the Almighty.

Ex: Jesus christ, the messenger of God, ( or say the son of God) is being worshiped.

The vedas says,
God is omnipotent, omnipresent, ....... (nirakar, sarvshaktiman, dayalu, ajanma, anant, .........)
So as wat the quran says..

But since Islam is the newest, ppl following Islam are more strict to their lessons..

I don't find differences in between both,,
After sometime, all will be the same..
Sorry for the grammatical errors .

Worship of any form of statues, murtis, pictures is sin in islam and there is no pardon for that. It is the highest form of sin in Islam, Allah tells he can forgive everything except shirk. So when your non-muslim husband/wife is doing shirk in front of Ram or Krishna, it is obligation of muslim spouse to stop him/her from doing this, else you will be part of shirk, now if you stop them from doing puja to their pictures of god,statues, then there will no equality.

Hurting sentiment of any community feelings are condemnable. Immediately arrest them and maximum punishment should give to them,

Surely Idols cannot do anything.. and YOu guys are asking with the idols ... use your sense and ponder on the below verse...
NA TASYA PRATIMA ASTI... there is no image of GOD... Then what are U worshiping...

Worship the CREATOR not his CREATION.

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Post-Sabarimala pilgrimage drinking party turns fatal in Udupi; youth killed in midnight brawl

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December 15,2025

Udupi, Dec 15: What was meant to be a post-pilgrimage gathering turned tragic in Padukere village of Brahmavar taluk, Udupi district, late Sunday night, when a clash among youths escalated into a fatal assault, leaving one man dead.

The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Santosh Mogaveera, a resident of Padukere.

According to preliminary information, the incident took place during a late-night drinking party involving a group of local youths who had recently returned after completing their pilgrimage to the Sabarimala shrine. An argument reportedly broke out among the group and soon escalated into a violent confrontation.

During the ensuing brawl, Santosh Mogaveera was allegedly assaulted and collapsed at the spot after sustaining serious injuries. He was rushed by local residents to a private hospital in Brahmavar, where doctors declared him dead.

On receiving information, senior police officials, including Brahmavar Circle Inspector Gopikrishna, Kota Police Sub-Inspector Praveen Kumar T, Station ASI Manthesh Jabagoudar, and head constables Pradeep and Ashok, visited the spot and conducted an inspection.

Police have taken four youths into custody in connection with the incident. A case has been registered at the Kota police station, and further investigation is underway to ascertain the exact sequence of events leading to the death.

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