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Yash visits Dharmasthala temple before Toxic release
Actor Yash visited Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district on Tuesday to seek blessings at the Manjunatha Temple ahead of his film Toxic releasing in theatres on Wednesday. The film, starring…
Actor Yash visited Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district on Tuesday to seek blessings at the Manjunatha Temple ahead of his film Toxic releasing in theatres on Wednesday. The film, starring Kiara Advani and Tara Sutaria, opened with packed 6 am shows. Yash's pre-release rituals often include pilgrimages to divine sites.
Dharmasthala's 800-year-old Manjunatha Temple is dedicated to Lord Manjunatha, an avatar of Lord Shiva, and sits on the banks of the Nethravathi River about 75 km east of Mangaluru. The shrine is administered by a Jain family and served by Vaishnavite Brahmin priests. The temple traditionally offers free meals to tens of thousands of visitors.
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Dharmasthala's Manjunatha Temple is administered by the Heggade family, hereditary Jain trustees, yet follows Hindu Shaivite rituals, a rare religious hybrid that dates to the 13th century. The temple is also one of Karnataka's busiest, fed by a free-meal scheme that serves over 50,000 people daily under the Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project. Yash's visit is consistent with a broader trend of Kannada film stars publicly seeking blessings at major regional temples before big releases, a practice that merges devotion with box-office signalling. The film industry will watch first-weekend occupancy and critic scores to gauge whether Toxic sustains its opening rush.
Source: timesnownews.com
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