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Battle over shape of Naama
Devotees of Lord Yoganarasimha at the Melkote temple are up in arms against each other over what ‘Naama' to apply on the deity's forehead.
The fight is between two Vaishnavaite cults ��� Vadagalai and Tengalai ��� that prefer different patterns of Naama.
The Vadagalai Naama is U-shaped and the Tengalai one is Y-shaped. The row came to an end for now with the high court asking the temple authorities to continue with the Veera Tilaka.
Earlier, the Vadagalai cult had prevailed and the Naama endorsed by them adorned the forehead of the deity till January 2008.
Things changed after January 5, 2008, following a sensational robbery at the temple, in which even the Naama (made of silver) was looted.
After the incident, the Vadagalai cult followers wanted the continuation of the same Naama, but it was opposed by the Tengalai cult, which quoted a court order and preferred Veera Tilaka.
One group appealed to the deputy commissioner to ensure that Veera Tilaka adorned the deity. Sreenivasa Narasihman, the fourth stanikam of the temple, told TOI: "Krishna Iyengar and other followers of Tengali cult had approached the Pandavapura civil court in 2000. After hearing the case, the court ordered not to replace any ornaments if they are damaged or lost. The court also made an observation that in such a case, instead of Vadagalai or Tengalai, Veera Tilaka is the only alternative."
Narasimhan said the DC asked the temple authorities to follow the court order and continue with Veera Tilaka.
Unhappy with the DC's order, the Vadagalai cult followers appealed before endowment commissioner Sham Bhatt, who set aside the court order and issued a direction to apply Vadagalai Naama.
The issue did not end here. Angry with this decision, the Tengalai followers represented by a person Anand Alvar approached the high court, which passed an interim order recently asking the temple authorities to continue with the Veera Tilaka.
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