Mangalore : State President K.S Shivaramu a former IAS officer and a cine actor as well who organized a press meet I city on Wednesday December 4 stated that a single day fasting and Sathyagraha (fight for truth) would be held on December 7^th at the gates of DCO in city to protest against the continuing “Malpractice” of Made Snana (rolling over the leftovers of meal on plantain leaves of Brahmins only as a ceremony) and other such superstitions still practiced by upper class Brahmins in Kukke Subramanya and other temple towns in D K districts.

He argued that other temple savers such as Naked (bethel) Seva have been discontinued in the State in other temple towns but Made Snana continues in Udupi and Kukke besides some other towns to this day. A political pressure has been put on the State Govt. to keep away from such superstitious malpractices in modern times.

He attacked the Swamiji of Kodi Matt who indulged him another malpractice of foretelling the rise and fall of any Govt., BJP or congress after those Govt’s. Have come to power, for his own petty gains as a corrupt head o a Matt. He called for removal of superstitious in the State by a strong Bill to be presented in the next session of legislature in Bangalore and put end to foretelling, Made-Snana and such other falls faith kindled by higher cast in their institutions for selfish gains in the present.

Shivaramu cautioned Dalit and SC-ST groups from falling a pray to long kind of believes in the name of religion or other faith.

Vishwa Karma federation Mysore District President C.T Acharya was present during the press meet.

The one day Sathyagraha by fasting has the support of progressive Matadhipathis (heads of monasteries), Samatha Sainika Dala, DSS and DYFI members, it is stated.