North Karnataka Vishwa Hindu Parishat President Lingraj Appa was addressing reporters in Kalaburagi on Sunday. | Photo credit: ARUN KULKARNI
Demanding that all Hindu temples be freed from government control, members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad said the organization would soon launch a campaign for free Hindu temples across the country.
Addressing presspersons in Kalaburagi on Sunday, VHP North Karnataka president Lingraj Appa demanded that Hindu temples be freed from the clutches of government administration and given autonomy.
He warned that the VHP would launch a nationwide movement to pressurize all state governments to free temples from Muzrai control and hand them over to temple authorities and devotees.
Nearly 35,000 temples across the country are under government control, Mr. Lingraj Appa said, and asked why the same rules did not apply to religious places belonging to other faiths.
Condemning the state government’s decision to ban Sri Adrushya Kadasiddeshwar Swamy of Kaneri Mutt from entering Karnataka for making derogatory remarks against Lingayat seers, Mr. Lingraj Appa said the state government’s involvement in the matter of mutts may cause confusion.
Any conflicts and disputes arising out of different beliefs within the same sects can be resolved by the religious heads themselves and political interference in religious matters is not acceptable, he said.
Mr. Lingraj Appa also demanded that the State Government withdraw the ban on the entry of Sri Kadasiddeshwara Swami.
Published – 19 Oct 2025 20:12 IST
