<p class="title">With the annual fair of Mahalingeshwara Temple in Puttur planned from Sunday, the Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) has taken up a drive to mount Bhagwa Dhwaja on all autorickshaws owned by Hindus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The HJV has started distributing Bhagwa Dhwaja to the autorickshaw drivers in Puttur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">HJV Mangaluru divisional general secretary Prakash Kukkehalli told <span class="italic"><em>DH</em>,</span> “We have asked the auto drivers to mount Bhagwa Dhwaja during the annual fair. This is not restricted to Puttur alone. Normally, it is a practice among the Hindu devotees to mount a Bhagwa Dhwaj to cars, bikes and autorickshaws whenever there is a temple festival or other religious rituals in villages in Dakshina Kannada. The issue is being highlighted after the row over hijab.” </p>.<p class="bodytext">In fact, non-Hindu traders have already been prevented from carrying out business activities during the temple fair. During the auctioning of the stalls itself, the notice had clearly mentioned that non-Hindu traders will not be allowed to carry out business activities near the temple during the fair. </p>
<p class="title">With the annual fair of Mahalingeshwara Temple in Puttur planned from Sunday, the Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) has taken up a drive to mount Bhagwa Dhwaja on all autorickshaws owned by Hindus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The HJV has started distributing Bhagwa Dhwaja to the autorickshaw drivers in Puttur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">HJV Mangaluru divisional general secretary Prakash Kukkehalli told <span class="italic"><em>DH</em>,</span> “We have asked the auto drivers to mount Bhagwa Dhwaja during the annual fair. This is not restricted to Puttur alone. Normally, it is a practice among the Hindu devotees to mount a Bhagwa Dhwaj to cars, bikes and autorickshaws whenever there is a temple festival or other religious rituals in villages in Dakshina Kannada. The issue is being highlighted after the row over hijab.” </p>.<p class="bodytext">In fact, non-Hindu traders have already been prevented from carrying out business activities during the temple fair. During the auctioning of the stalls itself, the notice had clearly mentioned that non-Hindu traders will not be allowed to carry out business activities near the temple during the fair. </p>