Mysuru, Feb. 21 -- Places file before deity, makes offering of Rs.1 lakh in cash to temple hundi

Days after he replied to the notice issued by the BJP High Command over his outbursts against State BJP Chief B.Y. Vijayendra, BJP dissident MLA and senior party leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal visited Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill in city this morning and paid obeisance to the presiding deity.

Yatnal offered special prayers to Goddess Chamundeshwari by placing a file before the deity and performed archanas in the name of his family members. However, the contents of the file were not immediately known and he left the Hill Temple without addressing media persons.

Yatnal's sudden and unannounced visit to the Hill Temple has surpris...