Mangalore : CPM Dakshina Kannada district committee is planning to hold a vehicle rally from Kukke Subrahmanya to Mangalore to protest against the practice of Made Made Snana on December 21.

The party’s district secretary B Madhava told reporters here that the practice of people belonging to lower castes rolling over the left over food of those from upper castes is evoking strong opposition from across the state. “Many intellectuals and organizations have opposed the practice and sought the intervention of the government to ban it.
However, the government is trying to continue the superstitious practice by renaming Made Snana as Ede Snana. Likewise the Udupi Sri Krishna temple still continues the practice of Pankthibedha- serving food to people belonging to upper caste separately- despite having a high court direction against it,” Madhava said.

CPM state secretary GV Sriram Reddy will inaugurate the vehicle rally at Kukke Subrahmanya at 11am on December 21 CPM central secretariat member Srinivas Rao will inaugurate kalnadige jatha (a protest rally) from Mangalore to Udupi to condemn the practice of Pankthibedha at 11 am on December 24. A protest meet to be held in Udupi on December 27.- Times of India