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By Our Staff Correspondent
UDUPI, JAN. 15. Sri Vishwesha Tirtha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt said on Friday that Ministers are not above the law. He was reacting to the statement by the Deputy Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah, that mutts are not above the law. Addressing presspersons here, the swamiji said he has nothing personal against Mr. Siddaramaiah. He had invited Mr. Siddaramaiah to a discussion on the issues that had been raised regarding the Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple. The Revenue Minister, M.P. Prakash, had agreed to meet him. He opposed the attempts being made to use the "Kanaka Gopura" and Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple take-over issues to create tension. Needless controversy is being created on the status of the mutt/temple, he said. According to the Uniform Endowments Act passed by the S.M. Krishna Government, temples attached to the mutts remain outside its purview. Due to the mistake of a government official in Udupi, the mutt/temple was included in the notified list two years ago. This mistake should be corrected. The Act is clear and it should be followed. The mutt/temple is attached to the Ashta Mutts. Hence, it is outside the ambit of the Act, the swamiji said. The swamiji said he had consulted former Chief Justices of the Supreme Court and High Court and other legal luminaries on the issue. They too agreed with him. He hoped that since the Government knows the law, it will abide it. "We will use legal methods and launch a public awareness movement to tell the facts,'' he added. The swamiji said the "gopura,'' which was demolished by Paryaya Admar Mutt on August 13, 2004 was not a historical one. It was 90 years old and was in no way related to Kanakadasa. Nobody knows how the "gopura,'' which was demolished, came to be called "Kanaka Gopura.'' The "gopura'' was built during 1910-12 by the late Sri Vidyapurna Tirtha Swamiji of Krishnapur Mutt. This is testified in a book published 50 years ago. The Government can order the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a survey in this regard. The Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshetra Dharmashtala, D. Veerendra Heggade, and Sri Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt, who reportedly called it "Kanaka Gopura,'' know the history of the "gopura.'' The earlier "gopura'' was on four pillars called "Kattapanjara,'' which might be old. The Government can take action, as per law, for the demolition of the "Kattapanjara'' if it was old or historical. (The "Kattapanjara'' was demolished along with the "gopura'' last year.) The "gopura" being built by Paryaya Admar Mutt has been named "Kanaka Gopura".
`Disrupting unity'
Meanwhile, the South India convener of the Bajrang Dal, Pramod Muthalik, said today that some forces are bent on disrupting unity in the Hindu community by raising issues such as the "Kanaka Gopura." He told presspersons that such forces are only interested in strengthening their vote banks. Udupi has become famous because of Kanakadasa and not because of the Ashta Mutts. Kanakadasa and Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple are inseparable, he said.
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