A sea of devotees gathered to have a good time the Belur Chennakeshava Divyabrahma Rathotsava on Wednesday.
The annual occasion on the famed temple in Hassan district, with a big presence of devotees, was halted in 2020 as a result of pandemic. Final 12 months, solely rituals have been carried out inside and public entry was barred.

The Belur rathotsava has been within the information of late for permitting 15 non-Hindu stall homeowners to arrange outlets at a time when a number of temple gala's in Karnataka had barred Muslims from establishing stalls.
Two weeks in the past, a Muslim dealer was requested to maneuver his store from the temple complicated. Nevertheless, later, Sujay Kumar, chief govt of- ficer of the Belur Taluk Municipal Council, stated no rule barred non-Hindus from opening stalls on the temple premises.

On Wednesday, the rathotsava started at 10. 40am. Earlier than that, a number of rituals have been carried out. The utsav idol was taken across the shrine in a procession. Verses from Quran chanted Earlier than the chariot was pulled, Maulvi Syed Sajjad Basha from Doddamedur (in pic) chanted verses from the Quran.

Because the chariot was pulled, devotees threw bananas and different choices. Among the donororganisations served buttermilk, juices and meals to the devotees. Ex-min, MLA attend occasion Former minister HD Revanna, Belur MLA KS Lingesh, extra deputy commissioner Kavitha Rajaram, the temple’s govt officer Vidyulatha and different officers participated within the occasion.