Two Karnataka HC judges attend Brahmin convention, extol community’s contributions

Two Karnataka High Court judges, Justices Vedavyasachar Srishananda and Krishna S Dixit, recently attended a Brahmin convention in Bengaluru, during which they extolled contributions made by the community to society, Bar and Bench reported.

“When we say ‘Brahmin’, it is a matter of pride,” Bar and Bench quoted Dixit as saying. “Why? Because they gave birth to many doctrines such as Dvaita, Advaita, Vishishta Advaita and Sudha Advaita. It is this community which gave [philosopher] Basava to the world.”

The Brahmin community had made several significant contributions to the society and had played a role in drafting the Constitution, Dixit also said.

The comments were made at an event organised by the Akhila Karnataka Brahmana Mahasabha, titled Viswamitra, in Bengaluru on January 18 and 19.

“When the Drafting Committee of the Constitution was formed, three of the seven members were Brahmins,” Dixit was quoted as saying. “This included Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer and Gopalaswamy Iyengar. Subsequently, BN Rau, another Brahmin, was brought on board as an advisor.”

He added: “BN Rau went on to become the first Indian judge at the International Court of Justice. Even Ambedkar once said at Bhandarkar’s Institute that if BN Rau had not written the Constitution, it would have taken another 25 years to be framed.”

Dixit said the term Brahmin “should not be an indication…

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