Mangalore: Miscreants Desecrate Grotto on Pacchanady Hillock - Place ‘Bhagavadhwaja’
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (GA)
Mangalore, Aug 23: Some unidentified miscreants attacked a Catholic prayer centre near Ashraya Colony at Pacchanady here and damaged a grotto erected there on Friday August 22 night.
Sources informed that the grotto which was built here also has bee damaged by the miscreants. ‘Bhagavadhwaja’ has been placed here in many places after damaging the grotto. The prayer centre is located on a hillock between Bondel and Vamanjur. The Catholics of surrounding areas were conducting prayers here for many decades.
Devotees with religious leaders gathered on the spot on Saturday August 23, after receiving the information about the desecration of religious centre. Circle inspector Jayanth Shetty, Kankanady rural station sub-inspector visited the spot and assured them of taking stringent action against the miscreants.
So far neither any organization has owned responsibility for the act, nor have the police been identify the miscreants. Howerver, the devotees from the surrounding area have condemned this cowardly act and have demanded the administration to initiate stringent action against those responsible for this heinous act.