The Maharashtra government has defended Pandharpur Temples Act of 1973 in Bombay High Court, contending that these temples occupy a unique position and that the law was necessary to safeguard the interests of devotees.
The Pandharpur Temples Act 1973 giving the Maharashtra Government control over the Vitthal and Rukmini temples in Pandharpur was enacted to relieve its multitude of secular devotees and pilgrims from.
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In the PIL, Subramanian Swamy had claimed that the Maharashtra government had taken over the administration of the town’s temples in an arbitrary manner.