Udupi: Bunts oppose Dr Santosh Guruji, installation of Gurupeeta


Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi

Udupi, Aug 31: Chaos erupted at Brahmavar's Dharmavaram auditorium here on Saturday August 30 during 'Swabhimani Buntara Atmajagruti' convention, after objection was raised against Bangalore's Dr Santosh Guruji's intentions to establish Bantara Gurupeeta and declare himself as 'Kula Guru'.

The convention was organized to create awareness and warn the community against accepting Dr Santosh Shetty as 'Kula Guru'. It is claimed that Dr Santosh Shetty of Bangalore has declared himself as a founder of the Bunts’ community through an affidavit and plans to establish Bantapeeta Mahasamsthana Math in Barkur.

A decision was taken during the convention to strongly oppose the concept of 'Kula Guru' and the installation of Gurupeeta.

Addressing the gathering, convention organizer Vasanth Kumar Belve said, "Bunts do not need a Kula Guru. There is no need of a Math. The tradition and spiritual beliefs followed by our ancestors are enough to guide us. For us, teachers who impart knowledge are the true Gurus, and not any individuals who proclaim themselves as gurus. We are opposed to anyone who attempts to make our elders worship his feet in the name of 'deekshe'.

"90 percent of the Bunts reject the idea of having a Gurupeeta. It is important to fight against this idea. The entire Bunt community must join hands to oppose the Gurupeeta. This convention is just a beginning. We will chalk out a plan in the coming days and descend on the streets to protest if needed," he warned.

Sheela K Shetty said, "These days Maths are being established just to obtain money from the government. The government plays vote bank politics and gives crores of rupees to Maths of communities that bring votes. We do not want such Maths.

"We should understand that some are trying to take undue advantage of the innocence of Bunts for their personal gains. We have to beware of self-proclaimed swamijis. If women want to worship at someone's feet, let it be their husbands, but not of fake swamijis," she added.

The programme was inaugurated by women of the Bunt community. Bunt community leaders Aroor Narayana Shetty, Kishan Hegde Kolkebail, Sushila Rai, Vardhaman Durgaprasad Shetty and others were present. Zilla panchayat president welcomed the gathering. Pramod Chandra proposed the vote of thanks while Satishchandra compered the programme.

Meanwhile, a few supporters of Dr Santosh Guruji barged into the venue and protested against the organizers. This led to chaos, and tense atmosphere prevailed for sometime. Police intervened and sent out the protestors, but there too they continued to agitate and chanted slogans in support of the Gurupeeta.

"Gurupeeta is necessary to bring equality in Bunt community by distributing the wealth of the rich among the poor. Nobody has the right to oppose the Gurupeeta that is being personally constructed by Dr Santosh Guruji," said Santosh Shetty, a protestor.

 

 

  

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  • mallika sathish shetty, mangalore, kottara chowki

    Thu, Feb 02 2017

    i agree with u guruji

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  • Ravi B Shenava , Mangalore

    Mon, Sep 01 2014

    Sheela shetty Ermal has told that- if women want to worship at someone's feet, let it be their husbands, but not of fake swamijis," .
    Actually instead of telling worship Husband's feet Sheela Shetty should have advised ladies to Worship their parents' feet.

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  • Krishna, karkala

    Sun, Aug 31 2014

    Dr Santosh Shetty can start his own Ashram and become a Guru. These days Gurus make more money than politicians. He can open few offices in US/Europe. It is easy to attract foreign disciples from Western countries.
    Asaram Bapu/ Nitynanada Swamy/ are multi millionaires today.
    Baba Ramdev/ Amrutha Mai also have massive assets.

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  • DINESH SHETTY, PADUBIDRI/DUBAI

    Sun, Aug 31 2014

    ಸಂತೋಷ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟರು ಕುಲಗುರುಗಳು ಅಲ್ಲ ಕುಲೇ ಗುರುಗಳು .
    Bunts please don't believe dongi
    gurus.

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  • KRPrabhu, Baangalore

    Sun, Aug 31 2014

    This is a issue connect with Bunt community.Let others/other religion people NOT talk or peer their nose here.

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  • Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai

    Sun, Aug 31 2014

    Absolutely right. I too think they will resolve the issue among themselves.
    Others better not to meddle in their community issues.

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  • MANJUNATH SHETTY, KUNDAPUR

    Sun, Aug 31 2014

    YES,BUNTS NO NEED ANY GURUS? OR FOLLOW ANY GUIDANCE FROM THE PROPER KNOWLEDGE PERSON FROM THEIR OWN COMMUNITY? EVEN NOW A DAYS BUNTS WAY OF LIFE(sampradhaya)NO ONE WILL FOLLOW ON PROPER WAY.
    IS IT WRONG WE HAVE TO FOLLOW SOME ONE WHO CAN GUIDE US ON RIGHT PATH?

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  • JOHN R LOBO, Kaikamba/Dubai

    Sun, Aug 31 2014

    Manjunath Shetty,

    If you respect and follow Law of the land on proper way why you want Kula Guru...???....Majority Bunts are now educated now ....Then why you want " additional Spiritual Person "...????

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Sun, Aug 31 2014

    My suggestion is to bypass all these babas, Gurus and political- religious organizations and worship directly.

    It appears that everyone wants to control sects or communities for personal gain.

    Why do we have to go through Babas and Gurus to seek answers for our prayers???

    The problem is that nowadays there are too many people with questionable past donning Saffron and claiming to be Gurus of sects.

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  • kuldesh, bangalore

    Sun, Aug 31 2014

    n.m,
    it is in all religions whether saffron,green or white.you can get hundred such cases in each religions if you are daily reader of newspapers.
    main reason is greed.those days are
    gone when spiritual gurus of all religions were trusted and approachable.these days most of the gurus are interested in commercial aspects than the religious aspects.maybe effects of kaliyuga.

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Sun, Aug 31 2014

    @Kuldesh - I agree with you...I personally believe in worshiping directly without the intervention of self proclaimed Swamis.

    If we believe in self-righteousness then no Baba or swami can take us for a ride and say that we doing something wrong.

    I agree with you and Sheela K Shetty, that nowadays most babas or gurus are interested in commercialization of faith. At the end of the day, I wonder what do they achieve by indulging in all this circus?

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  • rizwan, Dubai/Mangalore

    Sun, Aug 31 2014

    I think Dr. Santhosh Shetty's intention is to become a KALLA GURU with the contributions of the members of Bunts family !!!

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  • Vikram, Dubai

    Sun, Aug 31 2014

    We already have more than enough Baba's, Guru's. Then it really needs every sub-cast have their own Kula Guru's, Kula Baba's ?

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  • jeetendra hegde, mumbai

    Sun, Aug 31 2014

    What an idea sirji....(dr. santhosh shetty's)

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Sun, Aug 31 2014

    Ye Lo….. Now in our Cast too we found one “Kula Guru”…… It’s not Kula Guru… may be he is “Kula Bhoota or Devva”. Finally we too find one “Dongi Baba” in our Cast too……..

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