Karnad should not hurt people’s sentiments: Pejawar seer

May 10, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:42 am IST - Udupi:

Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt said on Saturday that writer and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad should not hurt the sentiments of people.

Responding to queries of presspersons here, the seer said that he would not comment on the last-minute cancellation of Karnad’s play ‘Nagamandala’ at the Sri Narsimha Temple at Parkala here on April 30 by the temple authorities on the grounds that he (Mr. Karnad) had given a statement in favour of beef eating.

“But it is wrong on the part of Mr. Karnad to have publicly supported eating beef ,” the seer said.

The seer, who will be ascending the Paryaya Peetha at the 800-year-old Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple for a record fifth time on January 18, 2016, said that he would go on the customary pre-Paryaya tour from Coimbatore on May 12. After visiting Kerala, he would tour North Karnataka and North India. He would do the customary ‘pura pravesha’ (entry into Udupi city) on January 4, 2016, the seer said.

Meanwhile in a press release issued here, the district unit of the Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike has condemned the last minute cancellation of the play ‘Nagamandala’ which was to have been performed by the Rangabhumi troupe of Udupi.

The vedike said that it was wrong on the part of the temple authorities to have cancelled the play for political reasons and that it was tantamount to “cultural policing.” It was also showed their undemocratic attitude and reeked of intolerance. There was no place for intolerance in Hinduism.

Vedike condemns cancellation of Girish Karnad’s play Nagamandala

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