Karnataka govt to form cabinet sub-committee to look into Datta Peeta shrine issue

After the Karnataka High Court ordered the appointment of a hindu priest for Datta Peeta, the government has decided to form a cabinet sub-committee to look into cave shrine issue.

The Karnataka government decided to form a cabinet sub-committee to look into Datta Peeta, a cave shrine in Chikmagalur’s Baba Budangiri mountains, issue after the Karnataka high court ordered the appointment of a Hindu priest for the temple.

The Karnataka HC had in September directed the state government to appoint a Hindu priest at Datta Peeta. The court quashed the state government order dated March 19, 2018, in which it permitted only a Mujawar (Muslim priest) appointed by Shah Khadri to enter the sanctum of the “Sri Guru Dattathreya Swamy Peeta” otherwise known as “Sree Gurudattathreya Bababudnaswamy Dargha” cave and to distribute ‘teertha’ or holy water to both Hindus and Muslims.