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Seer accuses Joshi of using ‘death of Lingayat’ for election
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Seer accuses Joshi of using ‘death of Lingayat’ for election

The Hindu  

Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Fakkireshwar Mutt, who withdrew his nomination from Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency, on Saturday, accused Union Minister and BJP candidate Pralhad Joshi of misusing the ‘death of Neha Hiremath, a Lingayat’ for the election. Addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Saturday, Dingaleshwar Swami clarified that he was not supporting any political party but was against Mr. Joshi …

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‘Pralhad Joshi marginalised prominent Lingayat leaders within the BJP’: Dingaleshwar seer
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Pralhad Joshi marginalised prominent Lingayat leaders within the BJP’: Dingaleshwar seer

Hindustan Times  

Dingaleshwar seer, one of the most influential Lingayat pontiffs in the northern range of the state, is gearing up to challenge Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pralhad Joshi from the Dharwad-Hubballi Lok Sabha constituency in the upcoming elections scheduled for May 7. Here are the excerpts: Dingaleshwar seer has challenged BJP leader Pralhad Joshi from the Dharwad-Hubballi Lok Sabha constituency in …

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Controversy over overseas travel echoes again during fourth Paryaya of Puthige Mutt senior seer Sugunendra Tirtha
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Controversy over overseas travel echoes again during fourth Paryaya of Puthige Mutt senior seer Sugunendra Tirtha

The Hindu  

Differences of Udupi Ashta Mutt seers with the senior seer of Puthige Mutt Sugunendra Tirtha over his ‘Sagarollanghana’ continued during the seer’s fourth Paryaya on January 18, with the swamijis of seven other mutts staying away from attending the customary Paryaya Darbar in the morning. The outgoing Paryaya seer Vidyasagara Tirtha of Krishnapura Mutt did not hand over to him …

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HC grants conditional bail to Muruga mutt’s chief pontiff in Pocso case
1 year, 2 months ago

HC grants conditional bail to Muruga mutt’s chief pontiff in Pocso case

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka high court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to the former chief pontiff of Chitradurga Muruga Mutt, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of a minor girl. Muruga mutt’s chief pontiff Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru gets conditional bail in Pocso case. As per the order, the chief pontiff cannot be released from jail, though he was …

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Prominent mutt’s poll sway under lens as key seer face rape charges
1 year, 8 months ago

Prominent mutt’s poll sway under lens as key seer face rape charges

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru Political leaders started to visit mutts to seek blessings ahead of Karnataka elections. In Chitradurga in central Karnataka, the sexual assault allegations against prominent Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru have, however, cast a looming shadow over the political influence of the Murugha mutt. After the arrest of Shivamurthy Sharanaru, Davangere-based Virakta Mutt seer Basavaprabhu was appointed the in-charge pontiff …

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Third case filed against Karnataka mutt’s former pontiff Sharanaru
2 years, 2 months ago

Third case filed against Karnataka mutt’s former pontiff Sharanaru

Hindustan Times  

The Chitradurga rural police in Karnataka have registered a first information report against Jagadguru Murugarajendra Vidyapeetha Mutt’s former pontiff Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru and four others for allegedly keeping abandoned children in an orphanage run by the mutt without following due procedures, officials said. The latest case against the seer, under section 33 and 34 of Juvenile Justice Act, was registered …

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Watch | Rape-accused Karnataka seer takes to wheelchair on way to cop’s office
2 years, 4 months ago

Watch | Rape-accused Karnataka seer takes to wheelchair on way to cop’s office

Hindustan Times  

Sri Murugha Mutt's Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, a top religious leader of Karnataka's influential Lingayat community and now an accused in a child sexual abuse case, was on Friday taken to the deputy superintendent of police office in Challakere in a wheelchair after his medical examination was conducted at a district hospital in the southern state. In a video shared by …

Karnataka: Seer claims BJP govt taking 30% commission from grants for mutts
2 years, 8 months ago

Karnataka: Seer claims BJP govt taking 30% commission from grants for mutts

India TV News  

Highlights Dingaleshwara Swami claimed that govt cut 30% commission before releasing funds CM has taken note of the seer's allegations and assured that he will 'get to the bottom of the case' CM has urged the seer to provides more details so that a thorough investigation can be done A Lingayat seer has claimed that the BJP government in Karnataka …

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Seer accuses Karnataka govt of asking 30% cut in grants for mutts
2 years, 8 months ago

Seer accuses Karnataka govt of asking 30% cut in grants for mutts

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: After Dingaleshwara Swamiji of the Balehosur Mutt said that officials of the Karnataka government demanded a 30 per cent commission from mutts to release funds, CM Bommai on Monday said that a thorough investigation would be done if the seer provides the details. "A thorough probe would be conducted if Dingaleshwara Swamiji provides details on his statement on paying …

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After contractors, now Lingayat seer accuses Karnataka govt of taking 30% cut for grants to mutts
2 years, 8 months ago

After contractors, now Lingayat seer accuses Karnataka govt of taking 30% cut for grants to mutts

India Today  

A seer from Karnataka has alleged that grants are given to mutts only after the state government takes a 30% commission as a ‘cut’. After initially refusing to resign from his post, KS Eshwarappa tendered his resignation on Friday, stating, “I decided to resign because I don't want to put in an uncomfortable situation those who helped me rise to …

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