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A colourful procession comprising people troupes and tableaux was taken retired done the main thoroughfares of the metropolis arsenic portion of the 538th Kanakadasa Jayanti celebrations connected Saturday.
The procession was flagged disconnected from the Kote Anjaneya Temple adjacent the North Gate of Mysuru palace successful the beingness of dignitaries and reached Kalamandira, wherever glowing tributes were paid to the revered saint-poet from the 16th century.
MLA for Narasimharaja Tanveer Sait regretted that radical contiguous were not pursuing the ideals of large saints and thinkers, which was starring to a diminution of values successful the society.
The philosophical principles taught by figures similar Kanakadasa were indispensable for gathering an adjacent and conscionable society, Mr. Sait said.
MLA for Chamaraja Harish Gowda emphasised the value of adopting the essence of Kanakadasa’s devotional songs oregon ‘keertanas’ successful our lives. He besides suggested that the ‘keertanas’ of Kanakadasa, which were written successful aged Kannada, beryllium translated into modern Kannada and made accessible to radical from each communities.
Shivanandapuri Swami of Kaginele Mutt said that galore large souls had taken commencement to uplift ‘dharma’ and region injustice from the society. Each 1 of them, during their time, had fought for equality, helium said, but regretted that minorities, radical from backward classes, and Dalits were inactive warring for their rights today. “This is owed to the weaknesses prevalent wrong these communities,” helium said.
Jnanaprakash Swami of Uralingapeddi Mutt described Kanakadasa arsenic a precious jewel of the literate satellite who presented revolutionary thoughts. “We indispensable spot Kanakadasa done his writings and not conscionable done the processions,” helium said. The principles of the Indian Constitution tin beryllium seen successful his ‘keertanas’, Jnanaprakash Swami stated, portion adding that Kanakadasa was a large student who was not subservient to anyone.
D. Thimmaiah, C.N. Manje Gowda, and K. Shivakumar, MLCs; Ramappa, State Bhovi Development Corporation Chairman; Rangaswamy, Zoo Authority of Karnataka Chiarman, G. Lakshmikant Reddy, Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru; Yukesh Kumar, Mysuru Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer; and others were contiguous astatine the lawsuit organised jointly by the Mysuru territory administration, Department of Kannada and Culture, and the Mysuru City Corporation.
