The case of mass burial at the shrine has been in discussion for a long time. Initially, when reports came out that a former temple cleaning worker claimed that several corpses were buried in the temple premises. This news spread like a fire of this claim. International media also raised this news loudly. But now when the investigation is being done, the claim stories are changing. At the same time, politics is also fast on this issue.
The Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka said-the claim of burial claims is part of a conspiracy
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivkumar on Thursday alleged that the claim of mass burial at the shrine is part of a conspiracy that aims to damage the centuries -old heritage of the temple city. Shivkumar said, “A conspiracy is being hatched, I don’t want to say who is behind it. It is a well thought out strategy to stigmatize them.” He further said, “I do not want to get into what he is doing, but there is definitely a conspiracy to tarnish hundreds of years old heritage.” He further said that the dispute started with a complaint of an unknown person.
A cleaning employee serving in the temple made shocking revelations
Let us tell you that on July 3, a cleaning employee serving at the 800 -year -old Sri Dharmasthal Manjunathswar Temple, reached the office of the Superintendent of Police of South Kannada with a complaint of six pages. Her claims were shocking: she alleged that between 1995 and 2014, she was forced to bury hundreds of murder victims – many of whom were women and women – and were silenced forever after the alleged attacks.
Sensational stories about Dharmasthal Temple became fast viral
It was a sensational story, and in the era of social media, sensational stories spread rapidly. Within a few days, videos, posts and speculation filled ‘revelations’ began to broadcast online. YouTubers analyzed the allegations in a dramatic manner, influential people put their things, and some media institutions came to the conclusion, which gave a dark and condemnable image of the shrine before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) raised the hoe.
Cases in the investigation of the claims were open
But behind the noise, the facts were telling a quiet and completely different story. Many mainstream Kannada editors and journalists, aware of the inheritance of the temple’s centuries-old donations, education and social service, identified a well-known strategy: an agenda-based effort to discredit a prestigious Hindu institution. Instead of suppressing unconfirmed claims, he chose to restraint. The danger here is much larger than the allegations of a person.
This is about how activists, politics-inspired groups and social media resonance to the echoes of social media can make a perception of crime without evidence. When narrating the story of the Dharmasthala, often inconvenient facts were abandoned: court acquitted in earlier cases, philanthropic functions of decades, and the role of the temple as a symbol of inter -religious harmony.
SIT continues its work
While the SIT is continuing its work, the roads of Karnataka have narrated their own verses. Thousands of devotees, community leaders and even minority communities are marching in support of the shrine in cities like Chikkamagaluru, Kopal, Yadgir, Mysore, Kalburgi. These rallies have not only placards, but also a message: the legacy of the temple will not be determined by viral outrage or unilateral reporting.
In a period where clicks often overshadow the truth, this incident of the shrine is a warning: bias in storytelling can be as harmful as the allegations itself. And for a sacred institution facing changes for centuries, this moment is not just to clear its reputation. It is to protect the principle that the truth should be stronger than the noise.