Tamil Nadu temples | Stalin’s Hindu push

The DMK authorities is sprucing up the state’s shrines and their administration—and subtly altering its private image inside the course of

ISSUE DATE: May 29, 2023 | UPDATED: May 19, 2023 15:37 IST

SCAFFOLDED: Maintenance work on the Arulmigu Varageeswaran temple in Kancheepuram, TN.

T he M.Okay. Stalin-led Dravida Munn­etra Kazhagam (DMK) authorities is striving to offer the state’s temples a makeover and, inside the low cost, give itself one too. An huge renovation plan is afoot for Hindu shrines, along with the retrieval of encroached land. The state’s Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) division, which oversees temple administration in Tamil Nadu, has been issuing eviction notices thick and fast. Budgetary allocations for conservation and creating pilgrim services have gone up manifold before now two years.

Published By:

Shyam Balasubramanian

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May 19, 2023