Source: The Hindu
MYSORE, INDIA, December 25, 2001: The priests and employees of Sri Lakshmi Venkataramana Swamy Temple at V.V. Mohalla staged a dharna (picketing) outside the temple premises in protest against the alleged assault of a cook by a temple trustee. The representatives of the Temple Staff and Workers’ Union lodged a complaint with the V.V. Puram police. They called off the agitation only after the Chairman of the temple trust, Mr. Sampath Iyengar, assured them that action would be taken. According to the union representatives, a temple trustee assaulted’ a cook in the temple kitchen when the latter reportedly refused to give a “bucketful” of prasadam (blessed food offered to the Diety) to a devotee.