Boat service at Teppakulam a huge draw
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January 17, 2021 21:04 IST
People wait in long queue for hours to take a ride on the boat across the temple tank
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The boat service at Teppakulam has come as a good distraction for children who have been forced to stay indoors for so long during the lockdown.
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People wait in long queue for hours to take a ride on the boat across the temple tank
There was a good patronage for boat service at Mariamman Temple Teppakulam here on Sunday, at the end of the long Pongal holidays.
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Right to religion not higher than right to life: Madras High Court
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Synopsis The right to religion is not higher than right to life.. If the government has to take measures in a pandemic situation .. we will not seek to interfere, the Chief Justice observed on Wednesday.
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Senior Advocate Satish Parasaran, representing the temple management, said some of the festivals were conducted during the pandemic but at different dates.
Chennai: Right to religion is not higher than the right to life, the Madras High Court observed and directed the state to explore the possibility of conducting rituals at a temple in Tamil Nadu without compromising on COVID-19 protocol, public health. Hearing a PIL petition, Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee orally remarked, religious rites have to be subject to public interest and the right to life.
Right to Religion Not Higher than Right to Life, Madras HC Observes
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Right to religion is not higher than the right to life, the Madras High Court observed and directed the state to explore the possibility of conducting rituals at a temple in Tamil Nadu without compromising on COVID-19 protocol, public health. Hearing a PIL petition, Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee orally remarked, religious rites have to be subject to public interest and the right to life. The right to religion is not higher than right to life.
If the government has to take measures in a pandemic situation .. we will not seek to interfere, the Chief Justice observed on Wednesday. The first bench comprising Chief Justice Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy directed the government to look at the feasibility of conducting festivals and rituals at Srirangam Ranganathaswamy Temple in Tiruchirappalli district without compromising on COVID-19 protocol and public health.
Singing of Tiruppavai suspended at Kanchi
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Tension prevailed in Kancheepuram after the practice of singing the Tiruppavai was suspended on Saturday morning at the ancient Sri Varadarajaperumal temple in Kancheepuram following a dispute between two sects of Vaishnavites.
On Friday evening, officials suspended the chanting of the
Nalayira Divyaprabhandham in front of the utsava idol at the ‘kannadi arai’ (mirror room) during the on-going Nammalvar Moksham festival at the temple famous for the ‘Athi Varadhar’ festival and ‘Garuda Sevai’.
A section of devotees termed the suspension of these practices by officials of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department as unfair. “These festivals are being celebrated for several centuries now. The temple officials were unable to implement a court order that restored rights to one sect of Vaishnavites. Suspension is not the answer to any issue,” said a devotee, who did not
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