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Tamil Nadu temples | Stalin’s Hindu push

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The DMK govt is sharpening up the state’s shrines and their control—and subtly converting its personal symbol within the procedure

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

SCAFFOLDED: Upkeep paintings on the Arulmigu Varageeswaran temple in Kancheepuram, TN.

T he M.Okay. Stalin-led Dravida Munn­etra Kazhagam (DMK) govt is striving to offer the state’s temples a makeover and, within the discount, give itself one too. A large renovation plan is afoot for Hindu shrines, together with the retrieval of encroached land. The state’s Hindu Non secular and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) division, which oversees temple management in Tamil Nadu, has been issuing eviction notices thick and speedy. Budgetary allocations for conservation and growing pilgrim facilities have long gone up manifold previously two years.

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Shyam Balasubramanian

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Might 19, 2023