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KARNATAKA
GOVT. ALLOTS RS. 130 CRORES FOR TEMPLES |
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Bangalore: With an eye on
the coming Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister B S
Yeddyurappa has doled out grants worth over Rs 50 crore
for the development of various religious institutions
and places of importance for different sects of people,
besides announcing a grant of Rs 10 crore for places
spreading religious harmony.
Unmindful of the criticism by the Opposition for his
soft corner for religious institutions, BSY has given
them the goodies. “Sincere efforts will be made to bind
different religions and castes with love and affection
by formulating constructive programm-es,” the CM
announced in his budget speech.
Why did Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa earmark
a whopping Rs 130 crore in the budget for temples and
mutts? By the CM’s own admission, it is to propitiate
the divine forces to show mercy on Karnataka and ward
off sins committed by his predecessors.
This revelation by the CM was made, when former Dy CM
Siddaramaiah, who has presented seven budgets in the
past, scoffed at him in the assembly on Thursday for
making such a huge allocation to temples and mutts. The
CM’s response: “There are no rains and food production
has fallen due to the sins committed by various people
in the past. I believe in god. I have allocated money so
that gods will be pleased and shower mercy on us.”
Institutions and places chosen for the grants for
spreading religious harmony are: Khaja Aminuddin Dargah
(Bijapur), Shirahatti Fakiraswamy Mutt (Gadag Dist),
Kodekal Basavanna and Tinthani Mauneswara of Surpur (Gulbarga),
Savalgi Shivalingeswara Mutt of Gokak (Belgaum),
Murugamalla Kshetra of Chintamani (Kolar) and other
places of Hindu-Muslim and Hindu-Christian amity.
Yeddyurappa has earmarked Rs 10 crore for Kaginele, the
birth place of saint Kanakadasa, while announcing a Rs
50-crore plan to develop Renuka Yellamma temple at
Saudatti in Belgaum. An amount of Rs 5 crore has been
kept aside for the coming year for the Kaginele
projects.
Other religious places and institutions chosen for
grants include: Yediyuru Siddalingeshwara Mutt (Rs 5
crore), Malemahadeshwara Betta, Biligirirangana Betta
and Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta (Rs 5 crore), Melukote (Rs
2 crore), Chandragutti and Shivanapada (Rs 2 crore
each), Jidaga Mutt in Gulbarga ( Rs 1 crore),
Sharanabasaveshwara Gurupeetha of Bovi community in
Bagalkot, Immadi Siddarameshwara Mutt and Hampi Hemakoot
Gayatri Mutt (Rs 1 crore each), Kumaraswamy Mutt at
Hangal and Shivayogi Mandir in Bagalkot (Rs 1 crore
each), Bubbuswamy mutt in Udupi (Rs. 1 crore) and
Rajanahalli Valmiki Gurupeetha in Davanagere (Rs.2 Crore) |
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This page
is updated on April 1, 2009 |
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PRAISE THE ALMIGHTY
10 YEARS CELEBRATION
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