Brahmins hold Yaga; kill animals, consume meat along with soma rasa'

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May 4, 2016

Shivamogga, May 4:?In an incident that has sent shock waves, eight goats were sacrificed by a section of Sankethi Brahmins at Soma Yaga at Srikantapura on the outskirts of Mattur, in Shivamogga taluk, recently.

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The animal sacrifice was made at the six-day yaga held from April 22 for public welfare. After performing the puja, the goats with their mouths tied were sacrificed near the fire altar (agni kunda). Later, parts of the goats were chopped off and sacrificed in the fire. The chief priest who took part in the yaga ate the meat, after consuming Soma Rasa.' As many as 17 priests from different parts of the country, including Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, took part in the ritual.

Organisers of the yaga claimed that animals were sacrificed to appease gods during the Vedic period. Lord Rama had organised such rituals and there is reference to it in Ramayana, a great epic. However, another section of the community described it as an unfortunate incident as Sankethis follow the Advaitha philosophy, which treats sacrifice as an evil practice.

Noted critic Ramachandran, who is a Sankethi, said it was inhuman and gods do not expect animal sacrfice. All religions advocate love and sympathy and not cruelty in the name of religious rituals, he said.

Another senior leader of the community, on condition of anonymity, expressed his displeasure that D?Sanathkumar, who holds a PhD in Sanskrit, had organised such an event.

Dr Sanathkumar, the organiser of the yaga, said: “I don't want to issue any statement. I am not the spokesperson of the community. The discussion on the issue is unwarraned.”

A similar sacrifice was made in the village several years ago to weaken an influential leader when S M Krishna was the chief minister.

At that time, hundreds of goats were sacrificed. Ren-owned Gamaki, the late Mattur Krishnamurthy, who belongs to Sankethi community, had opposed it. Around Rs 50 lakh is said to have been spent on the yaga.

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Sharan Rai
 - 
Monday, 6 Jun 2016

#presstitute.. enough fake news now..
am sure none of the reporter not even visited the place.. check times of india news. after taking interview of yagna chief said they tied some animals near yaga for few minutes and then later released..

shanu
 - 
Thursday, 5 May 2016

No big deals coz this had happened in shivamogga not in BIG BAZAR or any other mall, where YEDDI and CHEDDI born ,
You eat whatever you want NAYI, KATTE,BEKKU,HANDI or COW mata, that is your birth right, mean time think about others right also, don't make galate lafta dombi while having others choice...

Fair talker
 - 
Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Now priests can say, I ate, you can also eat.
This will be a turning point for vegetarians and it is costlier than meat.

Shakshi Sharma
 - 
Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Very funny...

ONLY Cow is our Mother,ONLY Cow can feel the Pain,ONLY Cow is a leaving being.rest all made of Mud they are not our Mother nor Leaving being nor they feel the Pain.

Where is our beloved so called Menaka Ghandi Now...Animal LOVER.

In short Only fools can fool the other Fools.

SK
 - 
Wednesday, 4 May 2016

jeevan, it is not a big deal... You are just kindly invited to share the Non-Veg food.....Enjoy....

KhasaiKhaane
 - 
Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Hahahha.. Bhattru trying to explain this incident and give clarification.

There is no need to think much for clarification, it's Simple - All these years they were hiding to eat Mutton Chops, Paya , Bheja fry etc.. Now they can't resist, and there's trouble of cameras all around plus the expose in Social media. So they legalize it with a ritual!!

#BBC - Brahmins_Brilliant, yet - Cowards

Rikaz
 - 
Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Barbecue Motion.....very tasty.....if it is done by brahmins....

Janaprathinidhi
 - 
Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Animal abuse is totally wrong in the name of god. will soon sue all of this bastards.

Victoria
 - 
Wednesday, 4 May 2016

god bless all of us,

Priyamani
 - 
Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Yahh i also heard about this yaga, its famous nothing special in this.

Jamal
 - 
Wednesday, 4 May 2016

in the name of god, they can do whatever they want, but can oppose us for caw slaughtering,

Kavya Bharathi
 - 
Wednesday, 4 May 2016

its their ritual. waste of reporting news on this.

Mohammed Sinan
 - 
Sunday, 4 Jun 2017

Eid al-Adha also called the \Sacrifice Feast\" or \"Bakr-Eid\", is the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated worldwide each year, and considered the holiest of the two. It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son, as an act of submission to God's command, before God then intervened, through his angel Jibra'il (Gabriel) and informs him that his sacrifice has already been accepted. The meat from the sacrificed animal is preferred to be divided into three parts. The family retains one third of the share

Jeevan
 - 
Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Whats the big deal now.

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