With the Karnataka High Court allowing Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at the Idgah
ground in Hubli, a Hindu organisation, which has been awarded the contract by the
Huballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation, has gone ahead and erected a pandal on the
ground with a Ganesh idol for prayers. The Rani Chennamma Gajanan Utsav
Mahamandal, headed by Vishwa Hindu Parishad district president Sanjeev Badaskar
installed the Ganesh idol even as the Anjuman-e-Islam has moved the Supreme Court
challenging the Karnataka High Court order. With the Supreme Court separately not
allowing Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at another Idgah Maidan at Chamarajpet in
Bengaluru, the politics of religious symbolism and identity is once again centrestage in
Karnataka.
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This article was first published on Times of India | Sep 1, 2022
