DK people should be ashamed over Made Snana'

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December 4, 2011

Mangalore, December 4: The people of Dakshina Kannada should feel ashamed of themselves. ''Though we have 5000 years of rich history, we are still following blind and inhuman traditions like 'Made Snana,''' regretted Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike State Secretary K L Ashok.

Addressing protesters at a dharna jointly organised by Dakshina Kannada district Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike and progressive organisations in front Deputy Commissioner's Office on Saturday, he said that the Pejawar seer should be given Dalit Dheekshe.

“Pejawar Seer Vishweshatheertha Swamiji says that he would give Maadhva Dheekshe to Dalits. But there is a separate seating arrangement for lunch in the mutt, which means that untouchability is still followed in Udupi,” he rued.

Flays administration

Stating that both district administration and State government are involved in 'Made Snana' and attack on Shivaramu, who tried to stop the act, Ashok said that the attackers could get bail easily and they celebrated their 'success' without shame. “The administration should ban the tradition before next year, failing which we would start a campaign against it,” he threatened.

Speaking to protesters, Komu Souharda Vedike District Committee Convenor Pattabhirama Somayaji said that, people belonging to upper class simply feed blind beliefs in the minds of humble people. “We are in third generation. We have to stage a protest against this inhuman act. The government should understand that there are some people who talk against 'Made Snana'.

There are protests being conducted against 'Made Snana', but the people who follow the tradition have government protection,” Pattabhirama Somayaji rued and flayed Higher Education Minister V S Acharya for supporting 'Made Snana'.

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