Preparations For Brahmakalashotsava At Kateel Is On Full Swing: Check Out

January 15: The Brahmakalashotsava rituals at Kattel Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple will begin on 22 January and will go on till 3 February.
Preparations for the Brahmakalashotsava have already started. Banners, posters having information on the rituals have been put up in Mangalore and around places.
Several developmental works related to Brahmakalashotsava are in process around the temple. District In-Charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary directed officials to complete the pending development works. Poojary said the district administration and state government would extend all cooperation for the success of the Brahmakalashotsava. The minister has also directed the officials to impose fine for selling pan, gutka and cigarettes within 100-metre radius of the temple. The officials should ensure that none smoke on the temple premises, he added.
Temple priest Harinarayanadasa Asranna alleged that a few shops had encroached the road in front of the temple. There has been an increase in number of street vendors, hampering smooth flow of traffic. The waste water from hotels are released directly into River Nandini, thus polluting the water body. The encroachments should be cleared immediately, he added.
Minister Poojary told officials to give shopkeepers two days time to clear the encroachment and even asked to take action against them if they fail to clear. The minister directed the officials to impose fine for selling pan, gutka and cigarettes within 100-metre radius of the temple. The officials should ensure that none smoke on the temple premises, he said. The streetlights should be repaired at the earliest, Poojary added.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel said that a team of doctors should be formed during Brahmakalashotsava. The works on widening the road, repairing streetlights, installing BSNL tower, CCTV camers for security and other pending works should be completed within a week, he added.