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Kukke officials prevent Maharashtra MLA from performing illegal pooja on Kumaradhara banks


Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Oct 8, 2015: A legislator from  Akkalkot constituency in Solapur district in Maharashtra who was spotted performing a Ganapathy Pooja  on the banks of Kumaradhara River at Subrahmanya on October 8, Thursday morning, was forced to  stop the ritual after  officials of the Kukke Sri Subrahmanya Temple  arrived at the spot and told him that it was illegal to hold a pooja outside the temple.

 

pooja in Kumaradhara banks


The MLA named Siddharam Satlingappa was performing the pooja with his family members  reportedly as per the advice of his priest Siddeshwara.

Kukke  Temple’s in-charge CEO Ravindra said poojas are allowed to be performed only inside the temple premises  and not ouside. The MLA was later  summoned  to the  Subrahmanya Police Station where he furnished a bond stating  that henceforth  he would  not perform pooja outside the temple.

 There is information that two  more families from Shivamogga performing Navagriha pooja to ward off Sarpa Dosha by  making a homa kunda of sand were also prevented by the authorities.