Practice debasing lower castes may be banned in K'taka

February 03, 2012 16:33

The Karnataka government is moving in the direction of banning the made snana, a ritual of rolling by lower caste people on plantain leaves left by Brahmins after partaking lunch in some temples, Minister for Religious Endowments VS Acharya told the state assembly.

"The issues pertain to a belief of people. It is being practised for more than 500 years. It cannot be banned forcibly. We have to educate people. The government is moving in this direction to ban the practice," Acharya said when the opposition Congress sought a ban on the practice.

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