Made Snana ban only in Kukke, not in Krishna temple!

Udupi: The practice of Made Snana may have been banned at Kukke Subrahmanya Temple by the Supreme Court but it continued  uninterrupted at the well known Udupi Sri Krishna Math on Thursday.

 

Made Snana is a practice where devotees roll on plantain leaves with food leftovers of Brahmins. This practice is observed at Kukke Subrahmanya Temple for three days during Subrahmanya Shasti (Champa Shasti) and on Kiru Shasti (a month after Subrahmanya Shasti.) The practice is also followed in many temples dedicated to Lord Subrahmanya in the coastal belt. 

 

On Thursday, about 19 devotees performed Made Snana at Sri Subrahmanya Temple situated inside Udupi Krishna Math. The devotees rolled one round in the temple on the leftovers after Brahmins had their lunch around noon. Madhwesh Acharya, scholar of the Math said that the practice of Made Snana dates back to 500 years and was performed voluntarily by devotees. “Devotees do this voluntarily, there is no force on anyone. People of all castes perform this. This is an old tradition which still continues,” he said. Government officials stated that the stay on Made Snana by the Apex Court was only related to Kukke Subrahmanya and not to other temples.  “The case pertains to holding Made Snana at Kukke Subrahmanya Temple. The district administration did not receive any directions from the government not to hold Made Snana in any other temple in Udupi district,” a senior official told DC.