GEORGE TOWN: A large crowd outside the Sree Balathanduyathapani Waterfall Hilltop Temple delayed the return journey of the golden chariot by an hour on Wednesday (Jan 19).
SINGAPORE - A spat between two factions tussling for control of a Hindu temple in Yishun ended up in what a High Court judge called "one of the most absurd and pointless actions to have been filed". In a written judgment on Thursday (May 27), Justice Choo Han Teck said the dispute over the Sree Maha Mariamman Temple should not.
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Singapore, May 27
A tussle between two factions for the control of a prominent Hindu temple in Singapore s suburb Yishun housing estate ended up in what a High Court judge called one of the most absurd and pointless actions to have been filed .
In a written judgment on Thursday, Justice Choo Han Teck said the dispute over the Sree Maha Mariamman Temple should not have gone to trial.
One faction includes Subramaniam Karuppiah Thevar, whose sister, K Kalyanathayee, is the founder and was a longstanding president of the temple, The Straits Times newspaper reported.
The other faction includes four management committee members who were elected after her death in 2017.