Karnataka Elections: The Salaam Aarti in all the temples of Karnataka will henceforth be known as Sandhya Aarti. The apex government body that oversees Hindu temples has approved a 6-month-old proposal on Saturday. In such a situation, even though there are still a few months left in the elections, but the politics of Karnataka has started heating up.
In Karnataka, the Aarti which is performed in the evening in the temples was till now called Salam Aarti. Now its name has been changed to ‘Sandhya Aarti’. Actually, assembly elections are to be held in Karnataka in the coming year and the government of Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has already started preparations. That’s why this decision is being linked to the elections.
What happened in Karnataka?
The apex government body that oversees Hindu temples has approved a six-month-old proposal. In this, it has been approved to change the name of this tradition, which was called by the Persian name since the reign of Tipu Sultan, to Sanskrit. In fact, the people of the Hindu wing there said that this name was imposed on them during the reign of Tipu Sultan. The name Salaam Aarti is not there in Hindu civilization.
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Kasekodi Suryanarayana Bhat, a member of the state religious council and scholar, had earlier said that these names were imposed on Hindu temples during Tipu’s reign. That’s why it should be removed and now a few months before the elections this name can be removed. Since the reign of Tipu Sultan, ‘Salaam Aarti’ was organized every day at 7 pm, but now a proposal to change it has been sent to CM Basavaraj Bommai.
It will be implemented as soon as their approval is received. After this, an official order will be issued to change the name of Aarti not only in Melkote but in all the temples of Karnataka.
What does the politics of Karnataka say?
To understand the impact of this decision on the Karnataka assembly elections, let us first understand the politics of Karnataka a little. Karnataka has 224 assembly seats and 28 Lok Sabha seats. If we talk about now, where BJP has 25 MPs in the Lok Sabha, there are 117 MLAs in the Vidhansabha. Caste equation is going to play an important role in the upcoming elections.
The Lingayat community forms 17 percent of the total population of the state. This time the Lingayat community is in the center in the elections. This community can influence the results of 100 seats which can be a game changer for any party.
Traditionally pro-Congress, the Lingayat community has been angry with the Congress party since the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi sacked Lingayat Chief Minister Virendra Patil in 1990, and the Congress recorded its worst-ever performance in the elections.
Apart from this, Hindu wings have a significant impact on the politics of Karnataka.
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