Three-day urs begins at Bababudangiri Hill in Chikkamagaluru

The three-day urs, an yearly lawsuit to wage homage to Hazrad Daya Hayat Mir Qualandar, began connected Wednesday, by offering prayers astatine the Guru Dattatreya Bababudan Swamy Dargah, a cave shrine atop Bababudangiri Hills successful Chikkamagaluru taluk.

As portion of the event, devotees and fakirs carried sandal paste from Attigundi to the shrine successful a procession. The participants recited songs successful praise of the Sufi saint on the procession. They entered the shrine and paid their homage to the saint.

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However, Syed Ghouse Mohiyuddin Shakhadri, the hereditary head of the shrine, chose not to participate the shrine, opposing the Chikkamagaluru territory administration’s refusal to let him to behaviour the rituals wrong the shrine. He and a fewer of the participants offered the prayers astatine the entranceway gates arsenic a people of protest.

Speaking to the media, Shakhadri said that the ritual included placing the cloth and offering sandalwood paste. However, the medication did not let carrying them inside. “As a people of protest, I person boycotted the event, arsenic I did past year. The Supreme Court has allowed america to connection prayers. However, the territory medication is not considering it," helium maintained.