Pejawar Seer meets Governor, seeks support for Ram Mandir work

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December 17, 2020

Udupi, Dec 17: Udupi Pejawar Mutt seer Sri Vishwa Prasanna Tirtha met Governor Vajubhai Vala at the Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru and sought his support for construction of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya.

Swamiji, a Trustee of Sri Ram Janam Bhoomi Kshetra Trust, is on a South India tour eliciting support for the construction of the temple. He submitted a letter to the Governor seeking his support, a statement said here.

Vala recalled the days when Guruji Govalkar had given a call for a ban on cow slaughter in 1953.

As a young person, Vala along with a friend visited households in Gujarat on bicycle and collected signatures in support of the call. The Governor also recalled his participation in various stages of Ayodhya movement, the communiqué said.

Sri Vishwa Prasanna felicitated the Governor with a shawl and presented a memento.

Vishwa Hindu Parishat Regional Organising Secretary Keshav Hegde and the seer’s private secretaries Vishnu Acharya and Krishnamurthy Bhat accompanied the seer.

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Udupi: Hindutva activist arrested for allegedly raping young woman while out on bail

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December 1,2025

Udupi, Dec 1: A horrific case of alleged rape has unfolded in Udupi, where a worker from a Hindutva organisation, previously arrested and released on bail for harassing a young woman, is now accused of waylaying and sexually assaulting her.

The arrested individual has been identified as Pradeep Poojary (26), a member of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike's Nairkode unit in Perdur.

Poojary had allegedly been relentlessly harassing the young woman, pressuring her to marry him. When she bravely stood up to him and refused his demands, she filed a formal complaint at the Hiriyadka police station. He was subsequently arrested in that initial harassment case but was later granted bail.

According to police reports, driven by the same malicious grudge, Poojary allegedly intercepted the woman again on November 29. While she was walking through a deserted area, the accused is claimed to have threatened her by grabbing her neck. When she again refused to marry him, he allegedly proceeded to rape her.

The survivor immediately informed her family about the traumatic assault. Following this, her parents lodged a complaint at the Udupi women’s police station.

Police arrested Poojary again and produced him before the court. He has since been remanded to judicial custody.

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