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'''Made Made Snana''' (ಮಡೆ ಮಡೆ ಸ್ನಾನ), also '''Made Snana''', is a religious practice observed in some Hindu temples of [[Karnataka]].<ref name=udupi/>

==Practice==
Temples in South India, hold [[communal meal]]s for people of all sects, during special religious occasions. These meals, are typically of the traditional South Indian variety, where Hindu people are served food over [[Banana leaf#In Indian and Filipino cuisine|plantain leaves]] on the temple floor. The ritual of ''Made Made Snana'' involves devotees rolling over the plantain leaves, once food has been partaken by Brahmins. The devotees then take a Holy dip in the nearby [[Kumaradhara River]], after which the ritual is said to be complete.<ref name=kukke1/> The practice is said to be more than 500 years old.<ref name=udupi/>

It is believed that the ritual rids one of bad [[Karma]], skin diseases and other ailments.<ref name=kukke1>{{cite news|title=Made snana held in Kukke Subramanya temple|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/made-snana-held-in-kukke-subramanya-temple/article5432831.ece|access-date=6 April 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=freedom>{{cite news|title= Mangaluru: 'Made Snana: Devotees call it catharsis while intellectuals call it atrocity' - Wilma Serrao|url=http://www.udayavani.com/english/news/exclusives/19419/%E2%80%8Bmade-snana-devotees-call-it-catharsis-while-intellectuals-call-it|newspaper=Udayavani English|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref> Devotees say it is good stress relief.<ref>[http://www.udayavani.com/english/news/exclusives/19419/made-snana-devotees-call-it-catharsis-while-intellectuals-call-it Devotees call it catharsis, while intellectuals call it atrocity]</ref>

''Made Made Snana'' was predominantly practiced on certain festive days in ''Subramanya'' temples of Karnataka, but has also been performed at [[Vaishnavism|vaishnavite]] places such as the [[Udupi Sri Krishna Matha|Krishna Math]], [[Udupi]].<ref name=udupi>{{cite news|title=‘Made snana' held on Krishna Math premises |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/made-snana-held-on-krishna-math-premises/article2675445.ece|access-date=8 April 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=1 December 2011}}</ref> The practice is actively practiced in the [[Kukke Subramanya Temple]], and in the Subramanya temples of Kalavara, [[Kundapura Taluk]] and Ramanathapura, [[Hassan District]].

The Supreme Court of India has stayed the Karnataka High Court order allowing such rituals to continue.<ref>{{cite news|title=SC stays controversial rituals "urulu seve" and "made snana" at temple|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/sc-stays-controversial-rituals-urulu-seve-and-made-snana-at-temple/article6687853.ece|access-date=6 December 2015|newspaper=The Hindu|date=13 December 2014}}</ref> Since the conventional ''Made Made Snana'' is now illegal, a modified version known as "''Ede Snana''", in which devotees roll over "''prasada''" (food offered to the deity) <ref>{{cite news|title=Mixed reactions to SC verdict on made snana|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/mixed-reactions-to-sc-verdict-on-made-snana/article6450305.ece|access-date=6 December 2015|newspaper=The Hindu|date=27 September 2014}}</ref> or consumed by cows<ref>{{cite news|title='Ede Snana' performed at Kukke Subramanya|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/450207/ede-snana-performed-kukke-subramanya.html|access-date=30 December 2014|newspaper=Deccan Herald|date=28 December 2014}}</ref> is still practised.<ref>{{cite news|title=‘Ede Snana’ performed at Muchlukodu Subrahmanya temple|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/ede-snana-performed-at-muchlukodu-subrahmanya-temple/article6639690.ece|access-date=6 December 2015|newspaper=The Hindu|date=27 November 2014}}</ref>

==Controversy==
The practice in the prominent [[Kukke Subramanya Temple]] has generated controversy in the State of Karnataka, where certain groups and individuals, including the State president of the Backward Classes Awareness Forum, K S Shivaram, who suggested that the practice symbolizes slavery, are demanding a ban,<ref name=oppose1>{{cite news|title=Mangalore: ‘Reinforce Will Power, Root Out Superstitions’ – G K Govinda Rao|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=126273|access-date=6 April 2014|newspaper=Dijiworld, Mangalore|date=2 January 2012}}</ref> calling it a campaign against “blind beliefs”.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/mixed-reactions-to-sc-verdict-on-made-snana/article6450305.ece Mixed reactions to SC verdict on made snana]</ref>
The practice is generally performed by Hindus of all [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]], including the [[Brahmin]]s.<ref name=freedom/><ref name=nie>{{cite news|title=On Day 1, Anti-Made Snana Protest Fizzles Out|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2014/11/26/On-Day-1-Anti-Made-Snana-Protest-Fizzles-Out/article2541227.ece|access-date=30 December 2014|newspaper=New India Express|date=26 November 2014}}</ref> The protestors however claim to be campaigning against [[Dalits|Dalit]] "oppression" at the hand of Upper-caste Hindus, especially the [[Brahmins]].<ref name=pinto>{{cite news|last=Pinto|first=Stanely|title=Made snana ritual, involving rolling over leftovers left by Brahmins, held at Kukke|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Made-snana-ritual-involving-rolling-over-leftovers-left-by-Brahmins-held-at-Kukke/articleshow/26974989.cms|access-date=8 April 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|date=6 December 2013}}</ref>
<ref name=casteic>{{cite news|title=‘Casteist’ made snana sparks protest|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/casteist-made-snana-sparks-protest/article5435919.ece|access-date=6 April 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=8 December 2013}}</ref> The groups claim to be protesting the "casteism", "barbarism" and "superstition" of the practice, and against the caste-based segregation followed during the communal meals. Pejawar do support this superstitious act.<ref>[http://www.kannadaprabha.com/district-news/what-is-wrong-in-edesnana-pejawar-shree/265940.html Pejawar fupport for Made Snana]</ref> It has also been reported that neither the [[Government of Karnataka]], nor the [[Kukke Subramanya Temple]] administration endorses the continued practice of the ritual.<ref name=acharya>{{cite news|title=Made Snana is innocuous, declares Dr. V. S. Acharya|url=http://mangaloretoday.com/main/Made-Snana-is-innocuous-declares-Dr-V-S-Acharya.html|access-date=1 January 2015|date=9 December 2011|newspaper=Mangalore Today}}</ref>

The imposition of a ban, however, has been challenged in the courts by the very community the protestors claim to be defending. It has been continually challenged in the court by, the ''Rajya Adivasi Budakattu Hitharakshana Vedike''(ರಾಜ್ಯ ಆದಿವಾಸಿ ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು ಹಿತರಕ್ಷಣ ವೇದಿಕೆ), a tribal [[Adivasi]] (classified as [[Dalit]]) rights group, who have questioned the motives in banning a practice voluntarily undertaken by people from all walks of life:<ref name=freedom/>
"“People from Brahmin communities and people hailing from all other communities perform this ritual out of
their own wish. It is a sort of cathartic communication with the supreme divine for many. The ritual should
never be gauged in terms of logic because it is a subjective matter governed by sentiments and belief system
of the people performing it,” says Rajya Adivasi Budakattu Hitharakshana Vedike president Bhaskar Bendodi who
has been fighting a legal battle to protect the ritual.

He questions the intention of the intellectuals who remain silent throughout the year and plunge into action
against the ritual only when the temple is all set to organise it during three days of ‘Shashti’ festival."

It has also been reported that members from the forest tribe, [[Malekudiya]]s, who traditionally decorate the Temple [[Ratha]] for the procession, refused to do so, were the stay on the practice, not lifted.<ref name=freedom/><ref name=malekudiya>{{cite news|title=Thousands take part in 'Made Snana'|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/208226/content/219337/content/219141/archives.php|access-date=30 December 2014|newspaper=Deccan Herald|date=29 November 2011}}</ref> Udayavani reports a member of the community as saying,
"The Malekudiyas of the region refuting the charges of the intellectuals that atrocities are inflicted
on the Dalits in the name of the ritual, say that no dalit is put on a gun point by anybody to perform
the ritual."
Not surprisingly, the practice continues to draw devotees from all over the state, while simultaneously drawing harsh condemnation on the Internet.<ref name=christi>{{cite news|title=Made Snana: Call to end oppressive ritual targeting Dalits|url=http://www.christianmessenger.in/made-snana-call-to-end-oppressive-ritual-targeting-dalits/|access-date=30 December 2014|newspaper=Christian Messenger|date=3 December 2011}}</ref>

==Government action==
The Government of Karnataka sought to bypass the courts by including a provision banning the practice, in the ''Anti-Superstition'' bill tabled -and subsequently dropped- in the Winter assembly of 2014.<ref name=sidduass>{{cite news|title=Siddaramaiah’s pet anti-superstition bill gets leg up from seers|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/siddaramaiahs-pet-anti-superstition-bill-gets-leg-up-from-seers/|access-date=30 December 2014|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=18 November 2014}}</ref> The legislation also included laws, which allowed the state to gain administrative control of Hindu Temples & Mutts over arbitrary transgressions.<ref name=brahminbait>{{cite news|title=Karnataka CM opts for shop-worn secularism and Hindu-baiting|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/karnataka-cm-opts-shop-worn-secularism-hindu-baiting-2015371.html|access-date=30 December 2014|newspaper=Firstpost|date=25 December 2014}}</ref>

The Chief Minister has been accused of causing social strife by raising needless [[Anti-Hinduism|anti-Hindu]], [[Anti-Brahminism|anti-Brahmin]] sentiments for political gain.<ref name=freedom/><ref name=brahminbait/>

==References==
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[[Category:Rituals in Hindu worship]]
[[Category:Puja (Hinduism)]]
[[Category:Anti-Brahminism]]
[[Category:Karnataka society]]

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