last saturday on sankranti many people took part in the kichchu haisodu ceremony at bull temple road where cattle walked over fire for good omentheres no danger says participantgombe prakash a godfearing resident of basavanagudi says that one of the bulls paraded this sankranti was the one that he had donated to the temple when he had a baby girl id taken an oath that when my wife and i have a child we would donate a bull to the temple around sevenandahalf years ago when my daughter was around oneandahalf years old we donated this bull in her hands theres nothing wrong in this practice all thats done is the bulls are paraded and then made to walk on a haystack that his set on fire but has space to walk too the fact that there are people walking alongside the bulls shows that there is no danger in this practice in fact if one takes the ash from the burnt hay and applies it on the forehead daily it will do good to ones life says prakash animals are afraid of fire and walking through it can burn their hideshree kavya founder animals birds nature foundationits cruelty say activistsevery year during the harvest festival of sankranti all the animals involved in the harvest are given importance and treated well traditionally when the hooves of cattle would get infected it was treated by making the animals walk on lightly burning coal with modern medical facility this is no longer a requirement over time this has taken on religious significance and cattle are made to walk through fire that is lit over hay animals are afraid of fire and walking through it can burn their hide i was present at the event and have taken video evidence of what happened we also found out that there were two more locations in bengaluru that had similar happenings we are now planning our next course of action shree kavya founder animals birds nature foundationi am surprised how no one is able to view this as cruelty i am shocked that this has been going on for ages there are so many activists who are against cow slaughter but they are turning a blind eye to this since its in the name of religion anurag varma member animal welfare board of indiai went to the police station to file an fir against the event but was sent away by an inspector who happens to be an animal lover who told me that there wasnt cruelty involved the thing is that we got to know about this very late had we known earlier we would have put political pressure and ensured that this hadnt taken place such an act is punishable under the pca prevention of cruelty to animals which carries a fine of just rs 50 i have tried to stop animal sacrifices which is a cognizable offence but the police refused to file a case for that as well as they were