Udupi, Dec 13: As part of their religious vows, a couple of devotees arrived in the Lord Subramanya temple of the Sri Krishna Mutt on the auspicious Subramanya Shasti on Thursday to offer their ‘Yede Snana’ vows. But they have to satisfy only for ‘Urulu Seve’ (rolling circumambulation) as the Mutt authorities have denied permission to offer ‘Yede Snana’ vows following a strong decision taken by Paryaya Palimaru Swamiji.

As per the decision of Paryaya Palimaru Swamiji, the ‘Yede Snana’, which has been practicing for the last two years, was not allowed on Thursday. With this, for the first time, both Made Snana and Yede Snana were stopped.

Few years back, devotees used to offer Made Snana at Subramanya temple as part of their religious vows. But after it had become a dispute in Subramanya, Vishvesha Tirtha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt had stopped Made Snana during his two years Paryaya and allowed Yede Snana. But Palimaru Swamiji who is the Paryaya seer, decided against giving permission to Yede Snana to avoid controversies.

“We have taken a decision to avoid unnecessary controversy. Some people do not like Made Stana. So, the devotees are being offered Prasadam at the dining hall of the Mutt”, Vidyadeesha Theertha Swamiji of Palimaru mutt said.

Pejawar seer welcomes

Vishvesha Tirtha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt welcomed the decision of Paryaya swamiji in cancelling the Yede Snana on the lines of Made Snana. If any rituals got opposition on the basis of cases, it would lead to conflicts. Made Snana and Ede Snana were not inevitable in temples and it would not have any impact on Hindu religion. It was enough if all the celebrations and poojas were held as per the rituals, the swamiji told reporters.

If the controversial or disputable rituals were stopped, there would not be any impact on the Hindu religion. In recent years, the number of devotees taking part in Yede Snana was also reduced drastically. They would not require the rituals or celebrations which attract controversies, the swamiji said.

Muchlugodu

But the Ede Snana ritual which has been practicing for the last four years in Muchlugodu Subramanya Temple coming under the Pejawar Mutt, continued this time also. This time, around five devotees offered their vows of Ede Snana.

Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.



Lucknow, May 5: Sunil Narine continued his explosive run in the IPL with an 81 off 38 balls, propelling Kolkata Knight Riders to 235 for six against hosts Lucknow Super Giants here on Sunday.

Proving his worth with the willow once again, the West Indian went on a six-hitting spree, blasting seven maximums and six fours.

The in-form Narine, who was dropped twice in the space of two balls, smoked five boundaries in five balls, setting the tone for the KKR innings.

First, he hammered back-to-back fours off Naveen-ul-Haq in the last two balls of the third over. He then attacked the offside, hitting three boundaries on the trot off Mohsin Khan in the fourth over.

Narine and Phil Salt (32) gave the two-time champions the explosive start they have come to expect from the duo. Together they put up a quick 61-run stand before Naveen-ul Haq took the pace off the ball to send the Englishman packing.

Medium pacer Yash Thakur then stemmed the flow of runs in the final over of the powerplay, giving away only two runs as KKR reached 70/1.

However, the unperturbed Narine continued his onslaught and brought up his fifty off 27 deliveries with a cheeky late dab that sent the ball rolling past short third.

He took a particular liking to Marcus Stoinis, sending the ball over the fence three times in the 11th over.

But Ravi Bishnoi, on whose bowling Narine was dropped twice before, was third time lucky as he put an end to the all-rounder's spectacular innings.

The LSG bowlers were able to rein in the KKR batters as they kept taking wickets.

Naveen-ul Haq got rid of Andre Russell (12) before Yudhvir Singh, who came as a concussion sub for Mohsin Khan, picked up young Angkrish Raghuvanshi's (32) wicket in the next over.

The Afghan pacer swung back into action to account for the big-hitting Rinku Singh (16) while Thakur removed Shreyas Iyer (23).

But Ramandeep Singh's unbeaten 25 off 6 balls took KKR past the 230-run mark.