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Urging the State authorities to fulfill the long-pending demands of the Idiga Community, Pranavananda Swami, peethadhipathi of Brahmashree Narayana Guru Shakti Peetha, Kardal colony successful Kalaburagi district, will motorboat a padayatra from Kardal colony to Bengaluru connected January 6, 2026, covering 700 km connected ft successful 41 days.
Addressing a property league present connected Monday, the seer said that a preliminary gathering volition beryllium held successful Kalaburagi connected November 2 to chalk retired plans for the 700-km padayatra.
“The Idiga assemblage is classified arsenic a Scheduled Tribes successful immoderate States but successful Karnataka, our request has been pending for a agelong time. The Siddaramaiah-led State authorities is turning a deaf receptor to the long-pending demands of the Idiga community. But we are not going to budge till our demands are fulfilled,” Pranavananda Swami said.
He urged the State authorities to nonstop a caller connection to the Centre recommending the inclusion of the Idiga assemblage nether the Scheduled Tribes list.
The demands included allocating ₹500 crore funds to the Brahmashree Narayana Guru Corporation for the payment of Idiga and Billava communities, providing 5 acres of onshore for cultivation to each Idiga family, installation of Brahmashree Narayana Guru statue successful beforehand of the Vidhana Soudha successful Bengaluru and besides establishing a survey centre successful the sanction of Sri Narayana Guru successful each universities crossed the State.
