After red signal from dist adminKanaka Nade' held in the name ofpeace march'

Udupi, Oct 23: In spite of warning from the Udupi district administration, Kanaka Nade, a controversial campaign conceived by the Yuva Brigade was held uninterrupted at the Sri Krishna temple here on Sunday amidst allegations of violating the Deputy Commissioner's orders.

After the district administration and the district police, the organisers decided to hold the controversial event in a new manner, claiming it to be a peace march.

The activists started from Kanaka Gopura and cleaned the Mutt, the temple pond Madhwa Sarovar, the Rajangana, the parking area and the toilets. They also painted the walls of the parking area.

The day-long campaign was inaugurated by Pejawar seer by garlanding the statues and felicitating five civic workers who clean the Car Street and temple premises daily. A procession was taken out around the Car Street before commencing the cleaning works.

Pejawar mutt seer Vishwesha Theertha Swami criticised the confusions pertaining to Kanaka Nade. He said he was hurt by the district administration's decision to ban the Car street from the list of areas for cleaning. There is need for internal and external cleaning – humans should also cleanse the soul and mindset. People should surrender themselves to Dharma and the country. The purpose behind Udupi Chalo was reasonable. The demand for land right is fine, but food right should not be aimed at consuming beef. The recently held Udupi Chalo is an attack on Hinduism, he added.

Yuva Brigade head Chakravarthi Sulibele said that the areas marked as Mutt property were considered for cleaning. Kanaka Nade has nothing to do with Udupi Chalo, and is not anti-Dalit. He compared Kanaka Nade to surgical attack against the Leftist ideologies.

The activists also had mass feedingSaha Pankthi Bhojana' and the seers gave away Prasadam to all. The cleaning work went up to noon and later the members assembled for bhajans and Satsanga before the concluding ceremony.

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