The alleged untouchability incident against Devaswom Minister K Radhakrishnan was a ‘misunderstanding’ of the rituals and no individual is discriminated against in temples, said an organisation of traditional high priests in the State on Wednesday.
The State committee of the Akhila Kerala Thanthri Samajam said priests who are performing ‘deva pujas’ do not touch anyone, be it Brahmin or non-Brahmin, till the same gets over. It wondered if there was any “ill intention” in stoking a controversy out of an issue that it claimed “technically ended eight months ago” and alleged that “an innocent act” was being used to create communal polarisation.
The samajam is an association of traditional high priests.
