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Vedike welcomes ban orders in Chikmagalur

By Our Special Correspondent

SHIMOGA, DEC. 23. Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike, a forum for communal harmony, has welcomed the imposition of ban orders under Section 144, Criminal Procedure Code, in and around Chikmagalur this evening to prevent the Sangh Parivar from taking out a Shobha Yatra prior to religious rites at Bababudanagiri on the occasion of Datta Jayanthi.

At a press conference here, the convenor of the forum, K.L. Ashok, said the State Government's decision to ban the yatra is a victory for a campaign of the forum. He hoped that the Government will adhere to the Karnataka High Court order of 1980 and the seven-point guideline issued by the Endowment Commissioner for maintaining the status of the shrine prior to 1975 by disallowing performance of Homa and Havana as part of the jayanthi. He said the forum will depute a team of observers to Bababudanagiri to watch if these religious rites are held. Mr. Ashok said that in view of the ban orders, Souharda Samskritika Jatre of the vedike has been shifted to Shimoga on Saturday. He said Teesta Setlavad, human rights activist, will inaugurate the jatre which will be presided over by the seer of the Murugha Mutt of Chitradurga. Veerabhadra Chennamalla Swamiji of Nidumamidi Mutt of Bangalore will inaugurate the Manava Dharma Sangama following the jatra, in which heads of several religious institutions will participate. Basavaraj Devaru of the Revana Siddheshwara Mutt and Manjula of Mahila Jagruthi were present.

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