The Madras High Court has decided to explore the possibility of conducting a mediation between the Podhu Dikshitars in Chidambaram town and the trustees of Thillai Govindarajaswamy temple over conducting a Brahmotsavam for the latter situated within the precincts of the famous Sri Sabanayagar (Lord Natarajar) temple.
After holding a special sitting on Friday to hear a case filed against the Brahmotsavam, a Division Bench of Justices R. Mahadevan and P.D. Audikesavalu said, a further decision on the issue would be taken only on June 24 and till then, the plan to conduct the Brahmotsavam between May 20 and 29 would have to be put on hold.
The judges said, there was a legal impediment in ordering the conduct of the Brahmotsavam for Lord Govindarajaswamy immediately since there was no mention about the festival, despite it being an important event, in a civil suit filed by the trustees in 1918 and a decree passed by a District Munsif court in Chidambaram in 1920.
