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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.