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`Education can end disharmony'

Staff Reporter

Weeklong celebrations conclude

BANGALORE: The weeklong 1,047th birth anniversary celebrations of Adi Jagadguru Sri Shivaratreeshwara Bhagawatpada of the Veerasimhasana Peetha of Suttur concluded with a grand note here on Sunday.

Dignitaries who attended the function felt that the principles of love and brotherhood enunciated by the Jagadguru were relevant today when hatred and violence were on the rise.

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam inaugurated the celebration on Monday.

Universal brotherhood

Union Home Minister Shivraj V. Patil, who delivered the concluding remarks, dwelt on the universal brotherhood and love propagated by the Jagadguru.

He regretted that disharmony prevailed due to border and language disputes. Only proper education could eradicate disharmony, he said.

Home Minister M.P. Prakash said the absence of symmetry between words and deeds had lead to such a situation.

Only when words were followed by deeds, peace prevailed in society, he said.

Sri Shivaratri Desikendra Mahaswami of Suttur Mutt took part. Kannada Development Authority Chairman Siddalingaiah spoke on "Samarasyada Nelegalu." Maharashtra Governor S.M. Krishna presided over the function.

Protest

Kannada activists shouted slogans against Mr. Patil for his reported pro-Maharashtra stand in the border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra.

There was disturbance for a while at the venue where the activists staged their protest.

However, the police brought the situation under control by dispersing the protestors.

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