Sullia: 313 devotees offered ‘Ede Snana’ service to Lord Subramanya on account of the annual Champa Shashti festival and in return for favours received from the Lord and to meet the religious vows they had taken in the past on Wednesday December 12. Earlier on Tuesday which was the Chowthi, the same ritual was performed […]

Mangalore : As many as 94 devotees performed Ede Snana by rolling over the leftover food consumed by cows on plantain leaves on the Chouthi (fourth) day of the Champa Sashti celebrations at the Kukke Sri Subrahmanya Temple in Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday. After the controversial “Made Snana” wherein devotees rolled over leftover food […]

Udupi: On the continues call of devotees Pejawar Shree took the leadership to allow the devotees to perform Ede Snana (Rolling over Prasadam) at Sri Krishna temple on Monday. As the Made Snana (rolling over food eaten by upper caste people) has been stayed by the Supreme Court, Ede Snana was performed by the devotees. […]

Mangaluru : Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejwar Mutt, who will ascend the Paryaya Peetha this month, said on Thursday that he was keen on administering ‘bhakti deeksha’ to Dalits during his two-year term. The seer claimed that such a practice was also followed by social reformer Basavanna and it would instil religious discipline. Interacting with […]

Mangaluru : The number of devotees performing ‘Ede Snana’ — a ritual of rolling over the ‘prasadam’ offered to the presiding deity — at Kukke Subrahmanya temple saw an increase on the second day of the Champa Shashti festivities on Wednesday. As many as 401 devotees performed the ritual on Wednesday, according to an official […]

Subrahmanya : Devotees took part in Ede Snana — a ritual of rolling over the prasadam offered to the presiding deity in Kukke Subrahmanya temple here on Tuesday afternoon. This ritual has been proposed as an alternative to Made Snana, a ritual of rolling over food eaten by Brahmins, which has been stayed by the […]

Udupi : Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt said some people were trying to unnecessarily drag him into the controversy  regarding the Made Snana and Pankthi Bedha even when such practices were prevalent in several temples in the state. Speaking to reporters here on January 6, Monday, the Pejawar seer said he had suggested […]

Mangalore : Sri Vishweshwar Teertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt speaking at the press meet held at Srikrishna Mandir, Mallikatte on Dec 26, Wednesday said that the temple authorities decided to allow the practice in the wake of Supreme Court staying the modified “Ede Snana”.   He said that when the temple management asked to appeal […]