Chikkaballapur Dalit couple allegedly refused Temple hall for wedding: Notice issued to Trust
Chikkaballapur: Activists of Dalit organizations have complained to the tahsildar against the manager of a temple under the Muzrai Department here for refusing to rent the temple hall for the wedding of a couple belonging to Scheduled Caste.
The activists have urged the tahsildar to take action against the manager of Sri Lakshmi Venkataramanaswamy Temple near Santhe Maidan in town.
The tahsildar, in response has issued a show cause notice to the manager of the Temple Development Trust, said sources.
The wedding of Mahesh of Bagepalli taluk and Venkatalakshmi, daughter of Venkatarayappa of Brahmanarahalli in Chikkaballapur taluk and belonging to Scheduled Caste, was reportedly fixed for Thursday, November 3. A fortnight before the wedding, the bride’s brothers met Machavalahalli Venkatarayappa, secretary of the Temple Trust, requesting the secretary to rent the wedding hall of the Temple for Venkatalakshmi’s wedding. The secretary said that the hall had been rented out for another function on the same date. On checking, however, no event was found organized on Thursday at the hall.
The wedding troupe, therefore, reached the Temple on Thursday to carry out the ceremony in the front yard, but found the wedding hall as well as the Temple locked, the sources added.
A complaint was filed with the tahsildar, accusing the Temple Trust of rejecting a request for the hall on rent as the would-be couple belonged to Scheduled Caste although the hall was free on the day, and although the Temple was under the Muzrai Department.
Machavalahalli Venkatarayappa has reportedly been sent a show cause notice from the tahsildar’s office. He has been asked to clarify in writing within three days since the Temple belonged to the Muzrai Department but the action of the Trust was objectionable. The manager has also been warned that legal action would be taken if he failed to explain the Trust action.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
