A week-long awareness programme carried out by Vishwa Prani Kalyana Mandali in association with other organisations and with the help of the local administration and the Police Department has made a positive impact on prevention of animal sacrifice during the Holeyamma Devi Jatra at Tabakada Honnalli in Kalaghtagi taluk of Dharwad district.
According to a press release issued by Sri Dayanand Swami, president of Vishwa Prani Kalyana Mandali, an ‘Ahimsa Yatra’ to create awareness among the residents of various villages surrounding Tabakada Honnalli was taken out for a week with the help of volunteers and the support of various organisations to dissuade devotees from engaging in animal sacrifice during the fair.
Led by him and accompanied by convenor Sunanda Devi and other volunteers, the mobile unit for awareness was taken out to various villages with a plea to the residents “not to make the temple premises a slaughterhouse”.
