The peace meeting convened by the Mandya taluk administration on Thursday to resolve the row over the entry of devotees to Sri Beereshwara Swamy Temple in Cheeranahalli village has remained inconclusive.
Advocate and Dalit activist Lakshman Cheeranahalli based on whose complaint the taluk administration had convened a peace meeting said the temple authorities had reportedly refused to lift the curbs, which he alleged had been imposed to deny entry of Dalits into the temple, at the meeting.
During the meeting held in presence of Mandya taluk administration officials, the temple priest had justified the curbs by citing the centuries-old tradition prevailing in the temples of “Hadinaru Koota” or sixteen villages, said Mr. Lakshman.
