A few days ago, the Tamil Nadu Government had issued an order to provide Rs 10 crore to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund from 47 large temples out of 3,000 Government controlled temples in the State.
The priests of the Mahant family of Kashi Vishwanath temple were denied entry the temple which made them unhappy. The priests made Kashi Vishwanath’s earthly Shivaling on the road, and performed ritual of Jalabhishek and milk abhishek along with Vedic mantras.
The money earned by temples would be used for improving basic facilities like toilets, lodging and drinking water at the shrine. The Government has made other arrangements for the development of churches and mosque
Unknown miscreants vandalised a 350 –year-old Anandavalli Sametha Baskareswarar temple located in Thiruvidaimaruthur area of Thanjvur District here and looted the Mangalsutra and other valuable items.
Fifty-one temples within the Chardham (4 important pilgrimage centres of Hindus) area of the State will now be controlled by ‘Chardham Shrine Board’. This decision has been taken by the BJP Government in Uttarakhand.
Parcels of temple land in Tamil Nadu running into thousands of crores of Rupees will continue to remain in God’s possession, as the Madras High Court on 22nd November stayed the operation