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vast
village
with
a
population
of
3389
people
belonging
to
786
families,
has
people
from
16
different
castes
of
Hindu
community.
Sri
Chennakeshava
temple
Fifty
three
kilometres
from
Mysuru,
there
is
a
little
known
village
with
huge
historical
significance
and
said
to
have
great
mythological
belief
by
name
Dharmapura
in
Hunsur
taluk.
And
over
a
1000
year
old
Sri
Chennakeshava
temple
with
hoysala
architecture,
and
over
a
700
year
old
Shiva
temple
said
to
be
built
by
Hoysala
rulers
are
situated
in
the
village.
People
of
this
village
till
date,
believe
and
claim
that
only
truth,
righteousness
that
is
“Dharma”
alone,
and
Hindu
community,
alone
sustain
here.
And
this
entire
village
is
filled
with
innumerable
astounding
beliefs.
Although
there
are
no
scientific
proofs,
Villagers
object
them
to
be
called
as
superstitious
beliefs,
and
they
have
incidents
as
examples
for
each
of
their
beliefs.
Among
many
such
beliefs,
one
of
the
main
one
villagers
claim
is
that
strangely
buffalos
don’t
survive
in
this
village.
And
villagers
also
claim
that,
muslims
fear
to
stay
in
the
village
as
they
either
do
not
prosper
or
do
not
survive
at
all
in
this
village.
“There
are
1600
cows,
130
goats
and
400
sheeps
in
the
village
but
not
a
single
buffalo.
It
is
also
said
that
even
pigs
don’t
survive
here,”
says
Veterinarian
in
the
village
Dr
Subramanya
H
K.
“In
1985,
while
government
distributed
300
buffaloes
to
villagers,
each
one
died
in
different
ways
within
a
fortnight.
Our
own
buffalo
got
stuck
in
sludge
and
died.
Many
villagers
brought
buffaloes
to
test
if
the
fact
was
true,
but
none
have
survived
so
far,”
recalls
Somanna
M
a
villager.
A
vast
village
with
a
population
of
3389
people
belonging
to
786
families,
has
people
from
16
different
castes
of
Hindu
community.
All
of
them
are
said
to
be
living
with
good
co-ordination.
But
not
a
single
non
Hindu
family
especially
from
Muslim
community
is
found
here.
“Rich
Muslims
who
have
come
here
for
business,
have
lost
all
the
wealth
and
have
left
village
debt
ridden,
though
villagers
co-operated
well
with
them.
Few
years
ago
a
Hindu
boy
was
in
love
with
a
Muslim
girl.
And
the
girl
got
converted
to
Hindu
community,
and
the
couple
got
married.
Yet
they
moved
to
different
village
for
livelihood.
A
muslim
man
who
came
here
for
some
work
and
stayed
overnight
few
years
ago,
was
found
dead
in
the
morning.
So
Muslims
fear
to
reside
here,
and
even
if
a
muslim
comes
they
return
back
during
the
day
time,
they
don’t
stay
overnight
in
Dharmapura,”
village
leader,
R
Vishwanath.
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