Despite the Ban of entry to the ordinary citizens in Sri Nanjundeshwara temple, son of Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, B.Y. Vijayendra has admitted to entering the temple in Nanjangud.
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The Karnataka High Court asked the State government why the ordinary citizens are not allowed to enter temples like B.Y. Vijayendra despite a ban imposed in view of COVID-19 lockdown.
The Nanjundeshwara Temple is also called Srikanteshwara Temple.
It is an ancient temple in the Hindu pilgrimage town of Nanjanagudu in the Karnataka.
It is dedicated to god Nanjundeshwara (another name for the god Shiva, also known as Nanjundeshwara).
Nanju in Kannada means poison; the name Nanjundeshwara means the “God who Drank the Poison” (halahala), a word that has its origins in the legend of the Great Churning of the Ocean of Milk; thus the town got the name ‘Nanjangudu’ which means “the abode of the god Nanjundeshwara”.
