Mangaluru: Mangaluru Dasara organised by Kudroli Gokarnanatheshwara Temple was inaugurated by two widows, on Sunday at temple premises. The inauguration was supposed to be done by the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, but he cancelled the programme suddenly and didn’t attend the programme. So, the inauguration was done by temple women priests Shanti and Lakshmi. Speaking on […]

Mangalore : Over 1000 widows offered special pooja in the presence of four women priests on the auspicious occasion of Diwali at Shree Gokarnanatha Temple at Kudroli on October 23, Thursday. The women under the initiative of former union minister B. Janardhana Poojary, offered pooja to Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Vishnu. Later they pulled the […]

Mangalore : Former Union Minister Janaradhan Poojary said that a total of 5,000 widows will perform pooja to Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Vishnu this Deepavali at Sri Gokarnatheshwara Temple, Kudroli on October 23. Speaking at the press meet held at temple on October 18, Saturday he said that temple priestess Lakshmi, Chandravathi, Indira Shanthi and […]

Mangalore : Former minister B Janardhan Poojary, urged the government to implement the same system in temples coming under Endowment Department in the state. Speaking on the occasion, Sri Kudroli Gokarnatheshwara temple, Mangalore has appointed two women priests to perform religious rituals at the temple and temples need not wait for cabinet decision to bring […]

Mangalore: B. Janardhana Poojary says the word ‘widow’ hurts women who have no husbands and should not be used in public, but the term “honourable women” could be used. What will otherwise honourable women, like MPs, Ministers, MLAs and entrepreneurs, think if the reference is common to both, it is not clear. The ceremony was […]