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Temple's Abodes Of Deities, Not Training Centres: Madras HC Restrains State From Conducting 'Knowledge Training' Under Temples' Chief Priests
1 year, 3 months ago

Temple's Abodes Of Deities, Not Training Centres: Madras HC Restrains State From Conducting 'Knowledge Training' Under Temples' Chief Priests

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has restrained the state government from conducting practical training under a Chief Priest for candidates who have completed courses from Archakar Training Schools run by temples under the control of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department. The Tourism, Culture, and Religious Endowment Department passed a Government Order dated July 27, 2023, stating that candidates who …

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Supreme Court refuses to vacate order on temple priests in Tamil Nadu
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court refuses to vacate order on temple priests in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday did not vacate or modify its September 25 interim order issuing status quo in the Archakaship in temples governed by age-old Agamas in Tamil Nadu. The status quo order was passed on the basis of a series of petitions alleging that the Tamil Nadu government was attempting to appoint “non-believers” as Archakas, contrary to the …

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SC to examine pleas on T.N. govt. interfering in Agamic traditions of temples
1 year, 6 months ago

SC to examine pleas on T.N. govt. interfering in Agamic traditions of temples

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a series of petitions alleging that the Tamil Nadu government is attempting to appoint “non-believers” as archakas, contrary to the age-old Agamas governing temples in the State. A Bench headed by Justice AS Bopanna issued notice to the State government and ordered status quo “relating to the Archakaship in the Agamic temples …

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Madras High Court Holds Special Saturday Sitting To Hear Case On Palani Temple Ritual Dispute
2 years, 1 month ago

Madras High Court Holds Special Saturday Sitting To Hear Case On Palani Temple Ritual Dispute

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Saturday held a special sitting to hear a matter related to the dispute about the manner in which rituals are to be carried out at the Palani temple. The petitioner TR Ramesh, president of Indic Collective Trust and Temple Worshippers Society, approached the court seeking directions to the State and the Hindu Religious & Charitable …

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'Agamas Will Govern' : Madras High Court Exempts Archakas In Temples Constructed As Per Agamas From TN Govt Rules 2020
2 years, 7 months ago

'Agamas Will Govern' : Madras High Court Exempts Archakas In Temples Constructed As Per Agamas From TN Govt Rules 2020

Live Law  

In a significant judgment, the Madras High Court on Monday exempted temples constructed as per agamas from the rules brought by the Tamil Nadu Government in 2020 in relation to the qualifications and appointments of archakas/poojaris.A division bench of the High Court read down Rules 7 and 9 of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious Institutions Employees Rules, 2020 to hold. …

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How urban lizards are changing their lifestyles to make cities their home
7 years, 6 months ago

How urban lizards are changing their lifestyles to make cities their home

Live Mint  

Five years ago, on her way back from the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bengaluru, where she often attended seminars, Anuradha Batabyal stopped by to observe brightly-coloured lizards. “Relatively few Indian researchers have studied reptile behaviour; lizards, even fewer,” says Kartik Shanker, an evolutionary ecologist who is currently the director of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and …

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Failing the test of gender
9 years, 3 months ago

Failing the test of gender

The Hindu  

A strange feature of the >Supreme Court verdict on who can be appointed priests in temples run by >Agama rules is that two sides with contrasting views — the orthodox, who oppose any government interference in the appointment of priests, and some reformist groups that want the posts to be thrown open to all castes — have both welcomed it. …

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Rule of Agamas & A Verdict Oxymoron
9 years, 3 months ago

Rule of Agamas & A Verdict Oxymoron

Live Law  

16th of December 2015 saw dashing headlines which made anyone who believes in equality and fraternity, smile with awe at the miraculous judgment of the Supreme Court. All qualified Hindus irrespective of caste can now become Archakas in temples in Tamil Nadu.” I remembered my Professor who told us in our LL.M class that. All qualified Hindus irrespective of caste …

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Rule of Agamas & A Verdict Oxymoron
9 years, 3 months ago

Rule of Agamas & A Verdict Oxymoron

Live Law  

16th of December 2015 saw dashing headlines which made anyone who believes in equality and fraternity, smile with awe at the miraculous judgment of the Supreme Court. All qualified Hindus irrespective of caste can now become Archakas in temples in Tamil Nadu.” I remembered my Professor who told us in our LL.M class that. All qualified Hindus irrespective of caste …

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Duty and the Priest: A legal barrier?
9 years, 3 months ago

Duty and the Priest: A legal barrier?

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that appointment of archakas in Tamil Nadu temples should be done as per the restrictions prescribed by the age-old Agamas, upturning the amendments to the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious Endowments Act put in place by the then DMK government in Tamil Nadu in 1971. Agamas in Sanskrit mean “that which has come to us.” …

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The Constitutional legitimacy must Supersede all religious beliefs or practices: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]
9 years, 3 months ago

The Constitutional legitimacy must Supersede all religious beliefs or practices: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The exclusion of some and inclusion of a particular segment or denomination for appointment as Archakas would not violate Article 14 so long such inclusion/exclusion is not based on the criteria of caste, birth or any other constitutionally unacceptable parameter, the bench said.The Supreme Court of India, in Adi Saiva Sivachariyargal Nala Sanga vs. Government of Tamil Nadu, has held. …

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The Constitutional legitimacy must Supersede all religious beliefs or practices: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]
9 years, 3 months ago

The Constitutional legitimacy must Supersede all religious beliefs or practices: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The exclusion of some and inclusion of a particular segment or denomination for appointment as Archakas would not violate Article 14 so long such inclusion/exclusion is not based on the criteria of caste, birth or any other constitutionally unacceptable parameter, the bench said.The Supreme Court of India, in Adi Saiva Sivachariyargal Nala Sanga vs. Government of Tamil Nadu, has held. …

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SC backs appointment of priests as per Agamas
9 years, 3 months ago

SC backs appointment of priests as per Agamas

The Hindu  

Reiterating that the fundamental right to freedom of religion is not confined to doctrines and beliefs but extends to “essential practices” done in pursuance of that faith, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held that appointment of archakas in Tamil Nadu temples as per the restrictions prescribed by the age-old Agamas is not a violation of the right to equality. A …

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An authority on Agamas
10 years ago

An authority on Agamas

The Hindu  

The mist and the branches of trees swaying to the gusty, cold wind, cast a magical spell over Melkote, as I make my way to the house of 93-year-old Agama scholar Sampathkumara Bhattar. “Sankara Bhagavadpada, in his ‘Utpatyasambhav Adhikarana Bhashya’, also talks about the importance of this five fold method of worship,” says Bhattar. He says that the Melkote story …

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Expert on the agamas
14 years, 1 month ago

Expert on the agamas

The Hindu  

Sanskrit scholar Dr. Prabhakar Apte, whom this writer meets in Tirupati, is an authority on the Pancharatra agamas, and his first paper on the subject was presented before the Kanchi Paramacharya. Apte's translations of ‘Sattvata Samhita' and ‘Poushkara Samhita,' have been published by the Academy of Sanskrit Research, Melkote, and by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, respectively. Warming up to …

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