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Thursday, 03 December 2009
ImageSALEPUR: Dalits under the Rastriya Yuva Sangathan today concluded their padayatra at the 1886 year-old Chateswar temple in Kisinapur village under Sauri gram panchayat in Cuttack district. The padayatra was organised to mark 75th year of Mahatma Gandhi’s padayatra against untouchability in 1939. The Dalits began the padayatra from Bairee in Jajpur on November 30 and ended at Kisinapur after passing through Chattia, Champapur ashram, Lekhapur, Rameshawar, Gopinathpur and Satyabhamapur, the birth place of Utkal Gaurav Madhusudan Das.

After a meeting in front of the temple, that was presided over by Justice Chaudhury P.K. Mishra, the Dalits entered the temple. Their entry was welcomed by the sevayats of the temple who also served them ‘prasad’.

Members of Utkal Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Gandhi Peace Foundation, Sarba Seba Sangh, Varnasi and Gandhi Yuva Sanghathan, Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust participated in the padayatra.

(Source: The New Indian Express, December 3, 2009, http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Dalits+enter+temple,+priests+welcome&artid=aVvhO/N5t2Q=&SectionID=mvKkT3vj5ZA=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=nUFeEOBkuKw=&SEO= )
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