![]() Mahesh (37), who is also a social activist, says no one really knows when or how the practice began in the area, but he has always known of it having grown up in the village. Whether it works or not – its practitioners claim they can guarantee results – the practice nonetheless has a hold on many people here. Therein lies the crux of the practice – it supposedly has the potential to do good or bad, depending on the intentions of the practitioner. ![]() It is still a backward district, but along with this, the district is also known as the hub of black magic or “ vashikarana” in Kannada, meaning “to take control of”. It has been some months since Siddaramaiah’s visit.Ĭhamarajnagar was carved out of Mysuru district in southern Karnataka in 1998 because the government felt that it was lagging behind on social indicators hinged on old inequalities and therefore deserved special attention. Siddaramaiah became the first Chief Minister in around two decades to visit the district as it was believed (and coincidentally borne out by events) that an incumbent CM will lose his post. The district is not only said to be a hub of black magic and witchcraft, but is also supposedly cursed – but for chief ministers only. “There are other cases too, but they are registered only as murders or unnatural deaths” he claims. However, villagers say that cases where human “ingredients” are used in sacrifice rarely come to light, and that they more prevalent than is believed.įarmer and resident of Amachavadi village in the district, Mahesh says that the black magic aspect of those deaths only came to light because the two men were beheaded. Some days later, after conducting a fact finding study, a Dalit rights group alleged that the men had been “sacrificed”, Hindustan Times reported. Two Dalit agricultural labourers had been beheaded by their employer, seemingly in a fit of rage, in Santhemarahalli village of the district. In March, a suspected case of human sacrifice emerged. It may have been a harmless – but rather expensive – superstitious belief, except for the fact that human blood is known to have been used, sometimes leaving dead bodies behind. ![]() ![]() ![]() That black magic is practised in Chamarajnagar district of southern Karnataka is an open secret but one that is well guarded – no one knows where and when a spell will be cast. ![]()
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