Sankirtana Yatra today, Srirangapatna on alert

NT Correspondent

Srirangapatna: A high alert has been sounded in Srirangapatna town of Mandya district in the wake of the proposed participation of thousands of devotees in Hanumamale and Sankirtana Yatra on Sunday. Security has been tightened across the town and police personnel have been deployed at Jamia Masjid and other historical monuments as precautionary measure.

The taluk administration has ordered the closure of all wine shops, bars & restaurants and pubs in the town limits from Sunday 6 to Monday 6 am. The Jamia Masjid has been barricaded and CCTV cameras have been installed. The entry to masjid is restricted.

The police sniffer dogs are deployed in densely populated areas to check people and luggage randomly at Kuvempu Circle on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, Private Bus Stand, KSRTC Stand, Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple, Nimishamba Temple and other places. A team of senior officials are camping in the town to supervise the security arrangements.

Meanwhile, the members of Hindu Jagaran Vedike Samiti have put up the cut-outs of Lord Sri Ram, Hanuman and other banners and buntings across the town and Ganjam Circle. The posters of Hanuma Mandir Nirman Sankirtana Yatra were released by Krishna Bhat, a priest of Sri Lakshmi Temple, Sri Raghavendra Guruji, a priest at Kshanamba temple, in the premises of Moodala Bagilu Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple.

On Sunday, the yatra will start from near Sri Nimishamba temple in Ganjam to make sankalp for rebuilding Moodalabagilu Hanuman Temple, and will culminate at Sri Ranganatha Swamy temple after passing through the main roads of town.