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A longstanding battle over “secular” vs “Brahminical” control of Tamil Nadu’s temples, currently being fought between the ruling DMK and the Sangh parivar, has heated up with finance minister Palanivel Thiagarajan calling celebrity yoga practitioner Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev a “publicity hound”. The MIT-educated technocrat turned politician, known popularly as PTR, also alleged irregularities in the way the Coimbatore-based Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation had constructed buildings on forestland. His comments prompted the foundation to deplore the “un-parliamentary and uncalled for p...

Free Temples From Government Control: Why Well-Meaning Hindus Are Bitterly Divided by Arihant Pawariya - Apr 5, 2021 11:35 AM The ‘Free Temples’ movement has now reached another level of momentum. Snapshot Hindu-wadis favour going back to traditional management systems without any changes. Hindutva-wadis, on the other hand, favour such reforms that enable Hinduism to respond to modern challenges. Sometimes the ideas encapsulated in the form of slogans acquire such intensity that they overshadow every other aspect associated with that idea. This is not without reason. It’s be...