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Need to uplift Dalit people stressed

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CHIKMAGALUR: Hinduism cannot flourish without bringing about development of the Dalit community and the Backward Classes, Sri Vishvesha Tirtha Swamy, pontiff of Pejawar Math, has said.

He was inaugurating the electrification of 44 houses in Barakanaghatta Dalit colony and 38 houses in Veergalmakki, near Koppa, on Monday.

Terrorism should be replaced by love, compassion

and sympathy, he said.

The seer said that Pejawar Math would provide houses, water and electricity connections, and education to tribal people living in the Western Ghats.

It would also provide agricultural land to the landless with the help of the Government , philanthropists and voluntary organisations, he added.

The seer was accorded a traditional welcome by the village residents. B.S. Satish, taluk panchayat president, and Vijay Kumar, grama panchayat president, were present.

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