Every dog has its day! Here they have a temple too

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Vishal Singh

05 February, 2011

THERE IS a saying that “every dog has its day”. But 57 kms away from the city of Bangalore, there is a small village in Ramnagaram district named A V Halli where dogs are not only having their days rather they have a temple for them also.

It might appear aberrant to you but it’s true that the people of this village trust their canine god profoundly and have made a temple to worship him.

People of this village have a strange faith in their canine god and it is believed by them that they will save them and their village from all sorts of troubles. Dog God is famous by the name of ‘Sri Naayidole Veerappa’ among his followers.

The popularity of Sri Naayidole Veerappa could be imagined from the fact that his temple has been made next to the temple of the village deity ‘Sri Veeramasti Kempamma’ as dog god is trusted to be the most trusted lieutenant of the goddess.

The Dog god is considered to have some celestial power which guides villagers to cope up with each and every problem in the village.

But it is not this factor that makes the Dog God so much important; rather it is the immense faith and devotion which his followers’ possess in their hearts towards him that makes the entire thing more significant.

Like devotees of other Hindu gods, devotees of Dog God too follow the tradition of naming their first child after him. In case a male child born, he will be named as ‘Veerappa’ and if the girl child is born then she is named ‘Veeramma’.

Dog god has able to bring a substantial transformation in the mindset of the villagers towards the social evil of caste system also, as the priest appointed for performing the daily religious rituals for the Dog God belongs to “Dalit” caste.

Whatever the reasons would be for the faith of A V Halli people in their Dog God, but this is true that god has some celestial connection with God as a dog.