Shifting of tomb: Kollur villagers seek Govt intervention

The villagers of Kollur today urged the state Government to intervene in shifting the tomb of the Vimalananda Swamiji of the Nithyananda Mutt outside the boundary of Jattiga's (The stones laid by the founders of the temple) as per existing beliefs.
Grama Panchyat members of Kollur village at a press conference here urged the Government to immediately intervene to shift the tomb outside the temple premises keeping with the faith of the villagers.
According to existing belief, it is impossible to carry out routine worship and pooja's if a dead body existed within the Jattiga's.
Hence, the Grama Panchayat of Kollur had decided to shift the tomb outside the boundary and promised to give them land for setting the tomb.

But the followers of the Vimalananda swamiji objected to this and they did not respect the beliefs of the temple and villagers, they said.
They also alleged that the tomb set up now was made intentionally without following the routine procedure with a foul intention of creating a row.
Former MLC Balakrishna Bhat, Villagers Subrahmanya Adiga and Shripathi Acharya were present at the press conference.