SC asks priest to manage Nataraja temple
11 years, 2 months ago

SC asks priest to manage Nataraja temple

India TV News  

New Delhi: The famous Nataraja temple in the town of Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu will be managed by priests and not by the state government, the Supreme Court today ordered. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and S Bobde set aside the order of the Madras High Court which had in 2009 transferred the administration of the 1000-year-old Lord Shiva temple to the government.The apex court passed the order on appeals filed by the temple's priests and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy.Swamy contended that an attempt was made after Independence to bring the temple administration under State control in August 1951 but the Supreme Court had held that the Podu Dikshitars had a right to administer the temple as a religious denomination.Referring to the provisions of Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, Swamy had submitted, “Section 107 specifically bars the application of the Act to institutions coming under the purview of or enjoying the protection of Article 26 of the Constitution.”He contended that if there were allegations of misappropriation of temple's property then it should be dealt with under the provisions of Indian Penal Code and not by taking over the temple administration.The state government in 1987 had appointed an official to manage the endowments and considerable assets and property owned by the temple.

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Caste-Based Temple Administration Not A Religious Practice, Cannot Be Protected Under Articles 25, 26 Of Constitution: Madras High Court
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Caste-Based Temple Administration Not A Religious Practice, Cannot Be Protected Under Articles 25, 26 Of Constitution: Madras High Court

Live Law  

Promoting its idea for a casteless society, the Madras High Court recently observed that no caste could claim ownership of a temple and that administering a temple by a particular caste was not a religious practice that could be protected under Article 25 and Article 26 of the Constitution. Thus, the claim that only particular caste owns a temple or …

VHP wants temples freed from government control
6 months, 1 week ago

VHP wants temples freed from government control

The Hindu  

Following the Tirupati laddu prasadam controversy, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad will be holding a meeting of its apex decision-making body in Tirupati on Monday to press the Bharatiya Janata Party to bring in measures to “free Hindu temples” from government control, which has been a long-term goal of the organisation. Speaking about the meeting, the VHP’s international general secretary Bajrang …

Shree Jagannath temple administration fined Rs 10,000 for non-compliance issued two years back
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Shree Jagannath temple administration fined Rs 10,000 for non-compliance issued two years back

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Shree Jagannath Temple Administration for non-compliance of an order issued more than two years back. The order was issued on a PIL on the legal validity of amendment of section 16 of the Shri Jagannath Temple Act, 1954. Acting on the PIL, the high court had …

Podhu Dikshithars repeatedly oppose Brahmotsavam, say temple trustees
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Podhu Dikshithars repeatedly oppose Brahmotsavam, say temple trustees

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The trustees of the Govindaraja Perumal temple, located in the same precincts of Chidambaram Natarajar temple, charged Podhu Dikshithars of repeatedly resisting their attempts to hold Brahmotsavam, despite court rulings in favour of it. In a counter-affidavit filed, executive trustee of Thillai Govindaraja Perumal temple T Thiruvenkatavan said the Thillai Govindaraja Devasthanam is a separate temple under the control …

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Telangana Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Act
1 year ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Telangana Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Act

Live Law  

Today, the Supreme Court issued notice in a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Telangana Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act 1987. Apart from challenging the constitutionality of the Act, the petition filed through Advocate-On-Record Rashi Bansal has also assailed orders passed by the commissioner of endowments appointing an Executive Officer for the temple. The petitioners, represented by Senior …

Tamil Nadu Today | Temple entry of non-Hindus restricted by Madras HC
1 year, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu Today | Temple entry of non-Hindus restricted by Madras HC

The Hindu  

Place sign boards disallowing non-Hindus beyond ‘kodimaran’ in temples: Madras HC Bench The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has directed the State and the HR and CE Department to install boards in all temples indicating that non-Hindus are not allowed into the temple beyond the kodimaram. Senthilbalaji case | Madras HC questions continuation as Minister Justice N. Anand Venkatesh …

SC to hear arguments about Tamil Nadu govt interfering with Agamic practices of temples
1 year, 6 months ago

SC to hear arguments about Tamil Nadu govt interfering with Agamic practices of temples

Op India  

On Monday, September 25, the Supreme Court directed the status quo in the appointment of archakas at Tamil Nadu temples administered by the Agamic tradition. It agreed to look into a series of petitions alleging that the Tamil Nadu government is trying to appoint “non-believers” as archakas, contrary to the age-old Agamas governing temples in the State. Supreme Court Orders …

Supreme Court Seeks TN Govt View On Plea Against HC Allowing Transfer Of Archakas From One Agamic Temple To Another
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Seeks TN Govt View On Plea Against HC Allowing Transfer Of Archakas From One Agamic Temple To Another

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently sought the response of the state of Tamil Nadu regarding transfer of temple Archaka from one Agamic Temple to another Agamic Temple and the role required to be played by the appointing authority, in the absence of an elected trustee.A bench Justice M.M. The Supreme Court recently sought the response of the state of Tamil Nadu …

HC seeks Maha govt response on Swamy’s PIL against Pandharpur Temples Act
1 year, 7 months ago

HC seeks Maha govt response on Swamy’s PIL against Pandharpur Temples Act

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday sought the Maharashtra government’s reply on a public interest litigation filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging the Pandharpur Temples Act 1973. HT Image In the petition filed in February this year, Swamy claimed the Maharashtra government had taken over the administration of the Pandharpur town’s temples in an arbitrary manner. The Maharashtra …

TN Minister Says Working On Bringing Chidambaram Temple Under State Control, BJP Opposes Move
1 year, 9 months ago

TN Minister Says Working On Bringing Chidambaram Temple Under State Control, BJP Opposes Move

ABP News  

Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister PK Sekar Babu on Tuesday said that efforts are being taken to bring Thillai Nataraja Chidambaram temple under the state department control. According to ANI, PK Sekar Babu, Minister of Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments said, “Chidambaram Police have booked 10 Dikshithars of the Lord Nataraja Temple for allegedly preventing officials of …

Subramanian Swamy Challenges Pandharpur Temples Act In Bombay High Court, Says Govt Can't Permanently Takeover Hindu Temples
2 years, 1 month ago

Subramanian Swamy Challenges Pandharpur Temples Act In Bombay High Court, Says Govt Can't Permanently Takeover Hindu Temples

Live Law  

Former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy has approached the Bombay High Court in a PIL challenging the Pandharpur Temples Act, 1973, which empowers the Maharashtra government to take over the administration of the temples at Pandharpur.Swamy has argued that the power to “permanently” takeover the administration and control of religious and non-religious activities of the temples and vest. Former Rajya …

Supreme Court Directs Tamil Nadu To File Status Report On Appointment of Trustee Committees For Temples
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Directs Tamil Nadu To File Status Report On Appointment of Trustee Committees For Temples

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the State of Tamil Nadu to file a report before the court within four weeks time pointing out the status of appointment of trustee committees for the temples in the state as per the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959. Just for us to know that you’re on track and your …

Supreme Court notice to Tamil Nadu govt on its control over temples
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court notice to Tamil Nadu govt on its control over temples

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Tamil Nadu government on a PIL filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging its control over the temples in the state and the appointment of the non-brahmins as “Archakas”. A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia also issued a notice on a plea seeking to restrain …

Supreme Court Issues Notice To TN Govt On Subramanian Swamy's Plea Challenging Govt Control On Archaka Appointments In Hindu Temples
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice To TN Govt On Subramanian Swamy's Plea Challenging Govt Control On Archaka Appointments In Hindu Temples

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Monday sought the response of the Tamil Nadu government in a plea filed by Dr Subramanian Swamy challenging certain provisions of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act XXII of 1959 giving control to the State government over appointments of Archakas in Hindu temples. Dr Swamy appeared as a party-in-person before the …

TN's Chidambaram Nataraja temple management gets 15 days to file reply on irregularities and complaints
2 years, 8 months ago

TN's Chidambaram Nataraja temple management gets 15 days to file reply on irregularities and complaints

India Today  

A committee has been created by the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowements department, which sought petitions from ‘persons having interest’ in the Chidambaram Nataraja temple’s management. The committee claims that 19,405 petitions were received, out of which 14,098 petitions mentioned irregularities in temple management and mentioned some complaints too. Dikshithars have swindled gold ornaments worth several crores from …

Don't want to take control of Nataraja temple, says minister as Tamil Nadu govt carries out inspection
2 years, 9 months ago

Don't want to take control of Nataraja temple, says minister as Tamil Nadu govt carries out inspection

India Today  

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday, June 7 carried out an inspection at the famous Chidambaram Nataraja temple, acting on complaints regarding irregularities in the administration of the temple. The temple was recently in the news after devotees demanded their right to sing hymns in Tamil and gain access to the revered 'sithambalam medai' within the sanctum sanctorum, which the …

Plea In Madras High Court Challenges Appointment Of Priests By 'Fit Persons' Instead Of Temple Trustees
3 years, 5 months ago

Plea In Madras High Court Challenges Appointment Of Priests By 'Fit Persons' Instead Of Temple Trustees

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday observed that appointment of priests in temples managed by Fit Persons shall be subject to the result of a case which claimed that only trustees are entitled to make such appointments. The petitioner further contended that the statutory rules allow sacrosanct agamas by permitting appointments without insisting upon the need for the appointee to …

Congress fought against BJP’s effort to free Hindu temple for wealth
3 years, 11 months ago

Congress fought against BJP’s effort to free Hindu temple for wealth

Op India  

On Wednesday last week, the Supreme Court of India handed over the management of Gokarna Mahabaleshwar temple in Karnataka to an oversight committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice BN Srikrishna. The court was hearing a petition challenging an order by Karnataka High Court which had quashed a state government order handing over the management of the Mahabaleshwar temple …

Make Every Effort To Protect Temple Properties Across State, Mobilize Funds To Maintain/Restore Temples: Madras High Court Directs Govt.
4 years ago

Make Every Effort To Protect Temple Properties Across State, Mobilize Funds To Maintain/Restore Temples: Madras High Court Directs Govt.

Live Law  

The Madras High Court last week directed the State Government to make every effort to protect temple properties all over the State and to mobilize the funds for the purpose of the maintenance, upkeep, and even restoration of temples. The matter before the Court The Court was hearing a plea seeking directions to State Government, among others, to constitute Committees …

The significance of the Char Dham board verdict
4 years, 8 months ago

The significance of the Char Dham board verdict

The Hindu  

In a major setback to Hindutva arguments on the state’s control of Hindu temples, the Uttarakhand High Court on July 21 upheld the constitutionality of the Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board Act, 2019 that was surprisingly enacted by the Bharatiya Janata Party government though Hindtuva forces are opposed to such kind of laws. Thus, the Shri Jagannath Temple Act …

State government's take over of Kashi Vishwanath temple management challenged in court
5 years ago

State government's take over of Kashi Vishwanath temple management challenged in court

Op India  

The apex court today has sent a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government in connection with a plea filed by Lingiya Brahmin family seeking reinstatement of daily religious affairs of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi to them. The family has claimed that it has been handling the temple management before the commencement of Kashi Vishwanath Temple Act 1983. The …

SC 'Expects' Kerala Govt To Bring Separate Law For Sabarimala Temple Administration [Read Order]
5 years, 4 months ago

SC 'Expects' Kerala Govt To Bring Separate Law For Sabarimala Temple Administration [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it 'expects' the State of Kerala to place before it a legislation with regard to the administration of the Sabarimala Sree Ayyappa Swamy Temple as the Government submitted to the Court earlier. The Court noted that, during the last date of hearing in August, the State had submitted that it is considering enacting …

Supreme Court asks ‘why government officials should manage temples’, bench talks about rampant idol theft in Tamil Nadu
5 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court asks ‘why government officials should manage temples’, bench talks about rampant idol theft in Tamil Nadu

Op India  

Taking a note on increased interference of the state in the affairs of Hindu temples, the Supreme Court on Monday questioned the rationale behind government officials managing religious places and temples in the country, reported Live Law. According to the reports, a bench of Justices SA Bobde and SA Nazeer while considering the issue of harassment to several devotees visiting …

Karnataka HC Quashes 2008 Govt Order That Handed Over Gokarna Temple Management To Ramachandrapura Mutt [Read Judgment]
6 years, 7 months ago

Karnataka HC Quashes 2008 Govt Order That Handed Over Gokarna Temple Management To Ramachandrapura Mutt [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

‘The action of the State Government is tainted as it is not for a bona fide purpose, but to confer a benefit on the mutt.’The Karnataka High Court has quashed the decision taken by the state government in the year 2008 to hand over Gokarna Temple to Ramachandrapura Mutt holding that the same was not for a bona fide purpose …

Senior BJP leader accuses Temple administration of increasing interference in spiritual matters
6 years, 9 months ago

Senior BJP leader accuses Temple administration of increasing interference in spiritual matters

Op India  

Senior BJP leader from Tamil Nadu, H Raja, has emphasized on the necessity of retrieving Hindu Temples from Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department and claimed that interference in Hindu spiritual matters was on the rise. H Raja alleged that the HR & CE departments were not working efficiently enough to enhance the revenue of the Temples under their control …

Reforms in the house of God
11 years, 2 months ago

Reforms in the house of God

The Hindu  

For almost a century, the Tamil Nadu government has been trying to bring the Chidambaram Natarajar temple or the Sabanayagar temple as it is officially known, under state administration. Newspapers such as The Hindu chided those who opposed legal reforms and compared them to a thief who might “object to the Penal Code that will look upon him as one …

Dikshitars’ right to manage Natarajar temple cannot be taken away: SC
11 years, 2 months ago

Dikshitars’ right to manage Natarajar temple cannot be taken away: SC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Tamil Nadu government’s February 2009 order appointing Executive Officer to manage the affairs and properties of the Natarajar temple at Chidambaram. Chauhan and S.A. Bobde, allowing a batch of appeals filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and Podhu Dikshitars against the Madras High Court verdict upholding the GO, held that the right of …

Century-old temple conflict ends
11 years, 2 months ago

Century-old temple conflict ends

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court judgment on Chidambaram Natarajar temple brings to end more than a century-old tussle between the State and priests over temple administration. The Dikshitars or the priest community who administered the temple approached the Madras High Court to designate the temple as a private one. The Madras High Court, in its judgment in 1959, held that the Natarajar …

HC orders issue of notice to TN govt on PIL
11 years, 5 months ago

HC orders issue of notice to TN govt on PIL

India TV News  

Chennai: The Madras High Court yesterday ordered issue of a notice returnable by November 4 to Tamil Nadu government on a PIL seeking details of copies of documents pertaining to the properties of various Trusts functioning under various temples in the state. The First Bench, comprising acting Chief Justice R.K.Agrawal and Justice M.Sathyanarayanan, ordered issue of a notice on a …

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