ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2009, a group of a hundred gathered atop Bababudangiri hill, 30 km from Chikmaglur town in Karnataka. They installed a deity on a makeshift structure and performed…Read more.
“Dargah versus Peeta”: Hindutva’s Politics of Appropriating Syncretic Culture in Karnataka
For the past couple of years, Karnataka is witnessing the growth of communal politics, manifested in the form of communal conflict or riots. This trend has increased after the demolition…Read more.
Bababudangiri and communal situation in Chikamagalur town
A joint fact-finding team commissioned by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties – Karnataka (PUCL), which included members from Citizens For Democracy – Karnataka, and South India Cell for Human…Read more.
Conflict Over Worship: A Study Of The Sri Guru Dattatreya Swami Bababudhan Dargah In South India
Abstract The dargah at Bababudhan hills has today become a site of self-identification, exclusion and tensions among groups in the State of Karnataka (South India). This paper seeks to explore…Read more.
