Even as the Paramekkavu and Thiruvambadi Devaswoms threatened to boycott the Thrissur Pooram celebrations, in protest against the Cochin Devaswom Board’s (CDB) decision to hike the rent of the Pooram exhibition ground, CDB president M.K. Sudharshan in a press meet said the board would not be able to take a decision in the matter as the High Court had taken suo motu case in the issue.
The CDB had recently decided to hike the rent for the Pooram exhibition ground, an annual event held in connection with Pooram. The devaswoms alleged that the CDB increased the rent exorbitantly to ₹2.20 crore from ₹39 lakh for the four-month-long exhibition. A joint meeting of the devaswoms held here recently decided to reduce the celebrations to rituals and not to conduct exhibition if the CDB does not slash the rent.
