Dharwad, Oct 24: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said it is not wrong to go temple after consuming non-vegetarian food. During his Dakshina Kannada visit on Sunday, the CM had eaten fish and then paid a visit to Sri Manjunatheshwara Temple in Dharmasthala.
Though the Saffron brigade tried to make CM’s fish consumption a controversy, the temple authorities themselves have said that choice o food is left to the devotees and there are no rules regarding this.
Replying to a question by the reporters in Dharwad, the chief minister wanted to know which God had issued a fiat against consuming fish or meat. “Even Bedara Kannappa had offered meat to Lord Shiva,” he said.
It is said that the temple authorities are of the opinion that it is between the devotee and the God. There is no way to check people if they have come after a bath or have eaten vegetarian food. However, the person (priest) who conducts pooja is barred from eating non-vegetarian food as he enters the Garbha Gudi (sacrosanct place in the temple).
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