Mangaluru Dasara from Oct 10: Janardhan Poojary
Mangaluru, September 9: Former union minister and senior Congress leader Janardhan Poojary who is instrumental in renovating the Kudroli Gokarnanatha Temple, said that as usual, the Mangaluru Dasara festival, being held from the Gokarnanatheshwara temple would start from Oct 10 and end on Oct 19.
Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, he said that it was expected that Deputy Chief Minister Dr G. Parameshwar would inaugurate the festival. On October 10, the idols of Nava Durge and goddess Sharada would be installed to begin the festivities. On October 19, Dasara celebration procession would be held. His son Santosh Poojary has been giving Rs 10 lakh for Mangaluru Dasara every year and this year also, he would give Rs 10 lakh and his younger son Deepak Poojary would give Rs 3 lakh. Many donors would also donate the amount to celebrate the festival in a grand manner, he said.
Kudroli temple was not restricted to any one community or religion. In fact, Muslims, Christians, Jains and others would also visit the temple and offer pooja and prayers. He had never asked funds from the government for the Dasara festival and this time also, he would not ask the funds. Without government’s funds, the celebration would be conducted in a grand manner, he said.
More tableaux
Last year, total 68 tableaux were participated in the Dasara procession. But this time, more tableaux were expected. Many organizations have approached the organizers and expressed their willingness to do more tableaux. Priority would be given to the tableaux which display the culture of the country, he said.
Leaders Harikrishna Bantwal, Urmila Ramesh Kumar, H.S Sairam, Devendra Poojary, Padmaraj, D.D Kattemar, Shekar Poojary, Chittaranjan and others were present.
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Kantara mimicking case: HC extends interim relief given to actor Ranveer Singh till March 9
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Monday extended the interim relief given to Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh till March 9, in a case related to mimicking a character from the movie, 'Kantara Chapter-1', and allegedly mocking a deity.
The actor had approached the High Court seeking the quashing of the FIR against him for mimicking Rishab Shetty's role as 'Chavunda' deity in the movie.
While mimicking, Singh had called the deity a "ghost". The actor was asked to appear before the court in person on Monday.
Appearing on behalf of the actor, his counsel Sajjan Poovayya said Singh was stuck in London and was unable to reach Bengaluru due to the conflict in West Asia.
The complainant, who is a lawyer, alleged that his religious sentiments were hurt by calling the deity a ghost. On the directions of a local Court, the police registered a case against the actor.
The High Court on February 24 granted interim relief to the actor with directions to the police not to take any coercive steps against him.
