It is cleaning 500 places of worship
BELAGAVI Volunteers of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) are now engaged in cleaning the inner and outer surroundings of temples and other places of worship in the district and other parts of the State.
The SKDRDP launched a State-wide campaign to promote and inculcate the habit of cleanliness at “shraddha kendras” recently and it would go on till January 13. As part of this drive, 500 shraddha kendras have been taken up for cleaning. On Monday, the 350th temple, of Lord Siddeshwara atop a hill in Kanabargi village of Belagavi taluk, was cleaned.
SKDRDP’s district director Sheenappa M., Project Officer P.N. Nagendra, Seva Pratinidhis Manjuila Mahesh Naik and Jamuna Manjunath, and Shashikant Jain, Yoga Director at Shantivana Trust, Dharmasthala, joined the cleanliness drive at Kanabargi temple. The campaign was launched under the guidance of Veerendra Heggade of Dharmastala. The campaign was launched with the objectives of sensitising devotees to ensure cleanliness and motivate them to voluntarily join such activities in and around their localities, , and for spiritual development as physical involvement in cleaning helped overcome petty egos.
While cleaning the kendras and disposing of wastes in a proper way, volunteers interact with devotees and hand over pamphlets with a list of dos and don’ts at places of worship and how they could exercise their social responsibility.
Of the 500 places of worships in as many villages in ten taluks of the district, 350 were cleaned as on Monday. The remaining 150 kendras would be cleaned before January 13, Mr. Sheenappa said.
