1. Chidambaram temple issue | Min reiterates on darshan from Kanakasabhai mandapam; case filed against 11 Dikshithars
The Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments P.K. Sekarbabu has said the department wanted devotees to have darshan from Kanakasabhai mandapam in Sri Natarajar temple at Chidambaram and the government would not remain a mute spectator to any violence being perpetrated by the Dikshithars on the devotees.
Earlier, Chidambaram Town Police booked a case against 11 Dikshithars of the temple for allegedly obstructing Saranya, Executive Officer of the Thillai Kali Temple in Chidambaram, from discharging her duty when she asked the Pothu Dikshithars to remove the board announcing curbs on devotees offering worship from the Kanakasabhai mandapam on June 24.
