<p>Siddalinga Swamiji, seer of the Tumakuru-based Siddaganga Mutt, stated on Friday that peace must prevail in Karnataka and the ongoing row over the SSLC school textbook revision must end.</p>.<p>He also asserted that nobody should add wrong information in the textbooks.</p>.<p>Speaking to media persons here on Friday, he said that social reformer Basavanna had refused to wear a janeu (sacred thread) in the 12th century, and it was a fact. Such details must be there in the textbooks, he said. </p>.<p>According to Swamiji, Basavanna contributed to human life on a large scale; he had guided people socially, economically, and politically. So, nobody should insult Basavanna or portray him wrongly. But facts must be there in textbooks, he said.</p>.<p>Suggesting that the government should provide moral education to children, he said the government should frame textbooks with some moral values.</p>
<p>Siddalinga Swamiji, seer of the Tumakuru-based Siddaganga Mutt, stated on Friday that peace must prevail in Karnataka and the ongoing row over the SSLC school textbook revision must end.</p>.<p>He also asserted that nobody should add wrong information in the textbooks.</p>.<p>Speaking to media persons here on Friday, he said that social reformer Basavanna had refused to wear a janeu (sacred thread) in the 12th century, and it was a fact. Such details must be there in the textbooks, he said. </p>.<p>According to Swamiji, Basavanna contributed to human life on a large scale; he had guided people socially, economically, and politically. So, nobody should insult Basavanna or portray him wrongly. But facts must be there in textbooks, he said.</p>.<p>Suggesting that the government should provide moral education to children, he said the government should frame textbooks with some moral values.</p>
