Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (SP)
Udupi, Jan 12: Preparations are afoot to deliver Horekanike (consignment of vegetables, provisions etc for use during religious functions) to Paryaya festival this time on behalf of Christian community. In the current year’s Paryaya festival, Sode Mutt Swamiji, Sri Vishwavallabhateertha, is set to ascend Paryaya throne on January 18, and retain the sole right to perform puja to Lord Srikrishna for next two years from then.
A number of organizations, groups of people, and managements of temples, offer Horekanikes during Paryaya period. The district unit of International Federation of Karnataka Christian Associations (IFKCA) has envisaged the plan to deliver Horekanike on behalf of Christian fraternity, as per an initiative conceptualized by its chairman, Ronald Colaco. IFKCA had in the past, given donation for the renovation of Goddess Durgaparameshwari Temple in Kateel and various other temples in the state.
State convener of the organization, Denis D’Silva, is already in discussions on the preparations in respect of this plan. It is learnt that the Horekanike the organization plans to deliver will comprise about 25 vehicles.
IFKCA district president, Louis Lobo, revealed that the main aims of his organization are to protest whenever Christian community or its members face injustice, and strive to preserve communal harmony. He said that different organizations and individuals under IFKCA as well as Catholica Sabha have shown inclination to join hands in the above initiative. He stressed that the Horekanike from the community has nothing to do with the church.
If everything goes as per present plans, the Horekanike procession will start its journey from Govinda Kalyana Mantap here at 4 pm on January 13, it is learnt.