The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday sought response from the State on a public interest litigation petition seeking a direction to the authorities to protect the properties belonging to the Madurai Adheenam. A Division Bench of Justices R. Mahadevan and J. Sathya Narayana Prasad ordered notice to the State and sought the response on the petition …
Madurai Adheenam seer, Gnanasambanda Desigar, has claimed that he is being harassed by the ruling DMK party. The Mayiladuthurai Collectorate, on May 4, had denied permission for the traditional Pattina Pravesam ritual, where devotees carry the seer of Mayiladuthurai Dharmapuram Adheenam in a palanquin. A day after making this statement, the Madurai seer now claims that his life is in …
The Mayiladuthurai Collectorate in Tamil Nadu has refused permission for the tradition of devotees carrying the seer of the Dharmapuram Adheenam in a palanquin called the ‘Pattina Pravesam’. The Dharmapuram Adheenam is a saivite monastic institution based in the town of Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu. The order also called the practice a “violation of human rights.” Dharmapuram Adheenam representatives had made …
