Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) P.K. Sekarbabu on Tuesday said the State government would not remain a mute spectator to any violence perpetrated by the Podhu Dikshitars on the devotees of the Natarajar temple at Chidambaram.
Addressing journalists after a review meeting at the HR&CE Department headquarters in Chennai, he said devotees place the priests only next to God. “When that is the case, we cannot condone the act of the priests resorting to violence against devotees,” he said.
