A wedding was conducted in front of Sri Sankararameswarar Temple in Thoothukudi, popularly known as Sivan Temple on Thursday, March 7, 2024, after Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department officials denied permission to hold the ceremony inside the shrine as the bride’s name was Antony Divya.
K. Kannan of Panaiyoor near Kulathur, and M. Antony Divya of Tharuvaikulam, got engaged recently and their wedding was slated to be held on March 7 at Sri Sankararameswarar Temple.
When the bride’s parents had submitted documents to the temple authorities for the conduct of the wedding at the temple some days earlier, the officials and the priests had told the bride’s father Murugan that the wedding could not be conducted in the temple as the bride has the Christian name ‘Antony’.
