Proof shows Dikshitars sold Chidambaram temple land, says Madras High Court
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Proof shows Dikshitars sold Chidambaram temple land, says Madras High Court

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has observed that the documents submitted by the HR&CE department prima facie demonstrated the sale of land belonging to Sabanayakar temple in Chidambaram by the Podhu Dikshitars to third parties. Referring to two land transactions, for which, the department submitted documents, the bench said the title does not belong to the individual Vembu Deekshithar who sold the property to the third party. “Therefore, it is one of illustration whereby we can prima facie find out the temple land belonging to the Sabanayakar Temple has been sold by a member of Podhu Dikshitar,” a division bench of Justices R Suresh Kumar and S Sounthar said in a recent order. The matter pertains to sale of the land belonging to the Sabanayakar Temple by the Dikshitars to the third party as alleged by the department.

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