Muslims Brethren Join Paryaya Festival by Offering ‘Hore Kanike’
Udupi: The coastal districts have been in news in recent days for communal unrest, but it is an event like this one which upholds communal harmony and love for each other. It is a show of communal harmony, the district Samastha Muslim Paryaya Sauhardha Samiti offered ‘hore kanike’ on January 12, to mark the Paryaya festival of Sri Vidyadeesha Theertha Swamiji of Palimar Math.
More than 20 vehicles laden with paddy, vegetables, coconuts, and other food items were taken out in a grand procession to the Temple, where the offerings were made. The procession which was flagged off at Jodukatte near the Big Bazar passed through the Court road, KM Marg and culminated at the Sri Krishna Temple.
Speaking to the mediapersons Ansar Mohammed said that to build communal harmony in the society we have offered the Hore Kanike to the Temple. This programme is a model for the nation. On the Swamiji’s Pura Pravesha, the Samiti has alsodistributed buttermilk packets, he added.
