In Mandya district, green turns saffron

Once the hotbed of farmers’ and Dalit movements, the Vokkaliga caste-dominated Mandya district in southern Karnataka is beginning to see the impact of a consistent Hindutva push. The recent communal violence in Nagamangala during the immersion of Ganesh is symptomatic of this trend. Sharath S. Srivatsa reports on the contested political landscape