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Seer to campaign against untouchability TNN, Sep 5, 2010, 11.02pm IST MYSORE: Vishweshwarateertha Swamiji of Pejawar mutt on Sunday said he will continue his crusade against untouchability and is planning to convert his visits dalit colonies in the state into a movement. At a press meet here, he said he will involve even the seers of others mutts in the state who are inclined to join him. "I will start staying in villages and this will begin from coastal districts," he added. The swamiji said he will build a free hostel at Mysore for poor students of all communities and castes and preference will be given to dalit and OBC students during admissions. The seer said he will visit Naxal-affected areas of Orissa and Chhattisgarh next month and meet both victims of Naxal attacks and the Naxalites. "I will try to assuage the feelings of the victims' families and appeal to the Naxals to join the mainstream," he said. When asked about keeping the dalits and OBCs from mass-feedings done at Brahmin mutts in the state, the seer said: "Not only Brahmins even the other vegetarians will not like to eat meals with non-vegetarians. We cannot compel the people to sit together and have a meal," he added. But this does not mean that there are no mass feedings involving all castes and communities at Brahmin mutts, he added.
