Bengaluru: Even as the Tirupati laddu adulteration row has hit national headlines with the reported findings of a laboratory, the Karnataka Government, alerted by the row, has directed all Muzrai Temples in the State to use KMF’s (Karnataka Milk Federation) Nandini brand ghee for making laddus and other prasadas. There are as many as 34,000…
Use of cell phones banned in Muzrai temples
July 19, 2023Bengaluru: In a move aimed at curbing use of mobile phones inside temples, the Muzrai and Religious Endowment Department has banned use of cell phones in all Muzrai temples of the State. In a circular issued on Monday, the Department said that the use of cell phones in the premises of temples is increasing by…
Former MLA Somashekar opposes privatisation of Muzrai temples
January 9, 2022Cricket tournament for Shivarchaka priests begins Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly opposing the Government’s move to privatise Muzrai temples, former MLA and Congress leader M.K. Somashekar expressed concern that several vested interests were out to snatch away the livelihood of scores of Shivarchaka priests who were leading life by performing Pujas at temples and Mandirs for generations. He…
Long-standing staff of Muzrai Temples to be transferred ?
July 3, 2021Commissioner seeks details of employees who have completed five years in one place Mysuru/Bengaluru: Former Mysuru DC Rohini Sindhuri, who is now the Commissioner for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, has issued a circular seeking details of the Muzrai Temple staff who are serving in all categories of temples for more than five years. As…
All hundis at Muzrai Temples to be opened once a month: Minister
September 13, 2020Mandya: A day after three priests of a Muzrai Temple at Gottalu village in the taluk were brutally killed by unidentified miscreants who decamped with currency notes in the Temple hundis (Offerings box), Muzrai Minister Kota Sreenivas Poojari visited the temple on Saturday. Poojari, who visited the popular Arkeshwara Temple at Gottalu in Mandya Taluk…
Triple murder at Muzrai Temple rocks Mandya
September 11, 2020Three priests bludgeoned to death; Hundis looted, coins left behind CM announces Rs. 5 lakh compensation to families of deceased priests Mandya: Mandya residents, who are still coming to terms with last week’s double murder at a brick kiln, woke up this morning to the news of a triple murder where three priests of Sri…
State to organise mass marriages in select Muzrai temples on April 26: Muzrai Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary
February 2, 2020Nanjangud: Muzrai Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said that the State Government has proposed to organise mass marriages simultaneously select Muzrai Temples in the State on Apr. 26. Chairing a meeting of Nanjangud Srikanteshwara Swamy Temple Committee at the Temple’s Dasoha Bhavan Hall here this morning, Poojary said that the Government has planned mass marriages to…
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