A Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) notice suggesting that the Temple Entry Proclamation on November 12, 1936, was a royal bequest of the then ruler of the erstwhile princely State, Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, has drawn strident social criticism.
After a bitter social struggle over a decade, the revolutionary proclamation allowed backward caste people to enter Hindu temples.
The TDB issued the controversial notice suggesting otherwise and “ignoring” the historic struggle spearheaded by Congress leaders T. K. Madhavan and “Periyar” E. V. Ramaswamy, among others.
