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Temple authorities mull over ‘purification ritual’ after Siddaramaiah’s visit

Days after Leader of Opposition, Siddaramaiah, was accused of visiting a temple after consuming meat, in Karnataka’s Kodagu, the controversy surrounding the issue refuses to die down. The Basaveshwara temple committee in Kodlipet, near the border of Kodagu district, about 225km from Bengaluru, has now decided to hold a “purification ritual” on its premises. After reports of the former chief …

Didn’t eat meat before temple visit: Siddaramaiah amid row

After being slammed by Bharatiya Janata Party for visiting a temple after eating non-vegetarian food, Leader of the opposition Siddaramaiah on Tuesday denied the accusations. The statements come almost a week after Siddaramaiah’s visit to Kodagu district, about 225 km from Bengaluru, where protesters threw eggs at his convoy and waved posters of Hindutva idealogue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar which has …

BJP attacks Siddaramaiah for ‘visiting temple after eating meat’

BJP leaders in Karnataka are targeting senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah for reportedly going to a temple during his recent visit to Kodagu district after eating non-vegetarian food, and have accused him of hurting religious sentiments. Accusing Siddaramaiah of trying to hurt sentiments of the people, Member of Parliament Mysuru-Kodagu Pratap Simha, pointed to an earlier incident by alleging that as …

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Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah faced the wrath of BJP Yuva Morcha workers in Kodagu during his visit to flood-affected sites in the district on Thursday, August 18, 2022. Mr. Siddaramaiah had recently remarked that Veer Savarkar had written mercy petition to the British seeking pardon and release from imprisonment and had made little contribution to the freedom …

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Mysuru: Health and family welfare minister B. Sriramulu conducted a ‘Hospital Vaasthavya’ visit and stayed overnight at the district hospital in Madikeri to avail first hand information on the facilities available at the hospital and the problems of patients Thursday night. He even interacted with patients and held a discussion with hospital staff and officers of the district administration. The …

Mysuru: An inter-ministerial Central team visited the flood and landslide devastated locations of Kodagu and interacted with those who have lost their homes and their belongings in the disaster, at the relief centres in the district on Tuesday. But before they set off on their field visit, they were given a power point presentation on the loss suffered by Kodagu …

Close to a year after heavy rains caused unprecedented damage to parts of Kodagu district — a prime tourist destination in the State — visitors still appear to be wary of visiting it. City-based tour operators said bookings to the district have been dull, while those for Kerala, which was saw large-scale devastation during last year’s rains, had picked up. …