Madras High Court orders TN Govt to construct the relocated temple at the earliest

Madras High Court orders TN Govt to construct the relocated temple at the earliest

Madras High Court orders TN Govt to construct the relocated temple at the earliest In a recent verdict the Madras High Court has directed the State government to relocate the Mahashakti Mariamman Temple on an alternative site following its removal last year from the ‘Girivalam’ path in Tiruvannamalai on the basis of a direction issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Justice K. Ravichandrabaabu directed the Tiruvannamalai Collector to assign the temple at the earliest […]

 May 7, 2019
Thanjavur Controversy: High Court stays the AoL’s two day event at the Heritage Temple

Thanjavur Controversy: High Court stays the AoL’s two day event at the Heritage Temple

The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court Friday stayed the two-day event of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living at Brihadisvara temple in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district. The event was proposed to begin from today as the temple is a UNESCO World Heritage site where private functions are prohibited it cited. The event had triggered a row over the initial permission granted by the Archeological Survey of India to hold it in the […]

 December 7, 2018
South India Religious News Updates (3rd Week of November)

South India Religious News Updates (3rd Week of November)

South India Religious News Updates (3rd Week of November) Telangana : A Mosque in Hyderabad becomes a Primary Health Centre In a first, a city mosque now has a primary health centre in a working-class dominated area of the Old City of Hyderabad. The Masjid-e-Ishaq will have a full-fledged primary health centre managed by a team of paramedics and doctors. The initiative of the masjid committee and the Helping Hand Foundation will ensure that about […]

 November 19, 2018
“No Advantage for Paid Darshans”

“No Advantage for Paid Darshans”

The Madras High Court directed authorities of major temples in Tamil Nadu to ensure that devotees who pay a special entry fee as well as those who enter for free get to worship the deity from the same distance as the regular devotee and no special privileges should be bestowed upon them. The verdict is based on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Indic Collective Trust. The first bench of Chief Justice Indira […]

 November 14, 2017