Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (SP)
Puttur, Sep 11: A person who clicked his own photograph besides the statue of reverred deity of Tulunadu, Deyi Baidethi who is treated as divine being, in an obscene manner and posted the same in social website, was arrested by police based on complaint. The arrested man happens to be Haneef, an auto rickshaw driver residing at Ishwaramangala in the taluk.
Initiatives to beautify and develop Padumale, native place of legendary, valiant heroes of Tulunadu, Koti and Chennaya, stories of whose power, commitment to principles and fearless protection extended by them to honest people, have been undertaken of late. Forest department too contributed on its own to this effort by building a garden of medicinal herbs. This garden has been named after Deyi Baidethi, mother of Koti and Chennaya, who was an excellent practitioner of native medicines. In order to attract tourists, a small house with statue of Deyi Baidethi preparing some medicinal concoction, with statues of Koti and Chennaya adorning it, have been installed.
Keshava Poojary Bedrala, secretary of Brahmasri Narayana Guruswami BIllava Sangha, filed complaint about the misdeed of Haneef in the rural police station here. Treasurer of the Sangha, Nagesh Balnad, executive officer of Brahmasri Narayana Guruswami Mandir, R C Narayan Renja, organizing secretary of Yuvavahini centraql committee, Shashidhar Kinnimajalu, immediate past president of Yuvavahini local unit, Jayant Poojary Kengudelu etc went in a delegation to the police station and urged the police to see that the guilty face stringent punishment.
Haneef is seen in the photo by the side of the statue of Deyi Baidethi in an obscene posture. This photo was posted in social website. By Saturday night, it circulated widely through Facebook and WhatsApp. As this incident has the potential of disturbing peace in the society, all classes had condemned this act in unison and there had been demands for the arrest of the guilty.
The polie acted swiftly and arrested the accused on Sunday itself. Case under section 295 (A) of Indian Penal Code and IT Act - 2000 was registered.
A six-acre garden of medicinal herbs has been built at Mudipinadka in the name of legendary native medicines practitioner, Deyi Baidethi. In the middle of this garden, a small hut representing ancient style residence of Tulunadu has been built with statues of Deyi Baidethi, Koti and Chennaya in front. People have free access to this hut.
The delegation urged the concerned to stop misuse of the facility and restrict entry into the compound of the hut with an eye on safety of the statues. President of taluk Billava Sangha here, Jayanth Nadubail, vice president, Praveen Kumar Kedenjiguthu, and executive officer of Brahmasri Narayana Guru Mandir, R C Narayan, have urged the concerned department to appoint staff and ensure that safety measures are in place to avoid recurrence of the incidents of the above kind.