Youths for the cause of starving monkeys

Team Cause joins hands with priests at Karinja Hills and supplies fruits for the simians

A group of youths, Team Cause, has joined hands with a temple administration in Dakshina Kannada to feed a large number of monkeys found in Karinja Hills, about 40 km from Mangaluru, during lockdown. Karinja Hills in Bantwal taluk is on the way from Mangaluru to Dharmasthala. There are two temples, of Shiva and Parvathi, on the hills and many simians have made the surroundings of the temples their home as the administration of the temples feeds them cooked rice daily at noon. Visitors can also offer “vanaranna seva” to feed the monkeys by paying the prescribed fee. The Shiva temple which is atop the hills and which can be reached only by walk is in about 1,000 ft. above sea level. The COVID-19 restrictions and the ockdowns, however, have hit the resources of the temple, making it difficult to feed the monkeys.