Experts' panel to decide on timing of Tiruchendur temple consecration: HC
A Division Bench of Justices S. Srimathy and R. Vijayakumar issued the direction on a batch of public interest litigation petitions, including the one filed by R. Sivarama Subramaniya Sasthrigal, the Vidhayahar at the temple.
The petitioner said he had been the Vidhayahar at the temple for the past 13 years. During temple festivals and other functions he had to fix the timings for their commencement, pujas and celebrations and point out customary and Agamic practices and principles to be adopted according to the nature of the deities and the functions, he said.
Under these circumstances, the authorities had fixed a date for the Kumbabhishekam (consecration ceremony) of the temple. The authorities without even consulting the petitioner, who was entrusted with the duty of fixing the date and the timing for such an important event as per the Agamic principles, Vedic practices and rituals, fixed them for the consecration, he said.
He said the date (July 7) and the timing fixed for the ceremony were not suitable for the event. He sought a direction to the authorities to follow the ancient texts and literature and declare the consecration ceremony.
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