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Sri Kaliamman Temple in Veeranampatti near Kadavur, where an annual temple festival was on, was sealed by Revenue District Officer Pushpa Devi on Thursday June 8.

The demonstrators have alleged that a car belonging to a Revenue Department official hit a 17-year-old girl, who is currently receiving treatment for her injured leg at Karur Government Hospital.

The Villupuram district administration held several rounds of ‘peace talks’ to address the Vanniyars’ opposition to Dalits entering the Draupadi Amman temple, but the discussions did not yield any results.

This comes days after a few dominant caste members attempted to self-immolate in the Melpathi village of Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district to allegedly prevent people from the Scheduled Caste community from entering the temple.

Express News Service VILLUPURAM: After a few Dalits of Vizhukkam village in Villupuram entered the temple on April 30, caste Hindus washed it, saying it had become "impure". Though no case was filed, police said reconciliation talks were held after which Dalits were allowed to enter the temple. Dalits of the village have been demanding their Constitutional right to worship, as caste Hindus allegedly prohibit them from entering the local temple, and abuse them with casteist slurs. The village...

Hindu Trust, Accused of Labour Violations in US, Once Filed Case Against Temple Entry for Dalits After India introduced laws prohibiting temples from denying entry to Dalits, the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha went to court to keep non-Satsang Dalits out of its places of worship. Swaminarayan temple in Ahemdabad. Photo: 09bec027/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Rights6 hours ago New Delhi: The organisation facing a suit in the US for violating labour laws by underpaying...