Fill Kanchi temple tank with purified water: HC
Says polluted water may harm idol
15/08/2019, MOHAMED IMRANULLAH S.,CHENNAI
Says polluted water may harm idol
15/08/2019, MOHAMED IMRANULLAH S.,CHENNAI
Court wants progress of work to be recorded on video on a daily basis.
The Madras High Court on Wednesday insisted that Anantasaras — the 24-ft-deep tank at the Sri Devarajaswamy temple, which contains an underground chamber at a further depth of 12 ft. to house the fig wood idol of Lord Varadaraja Perumal, popularly known as Athi Varadar — should be filled only with purified water, certified to be free of impurities and microorganisms by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB).
Justice P.D. Audikesavalu ordered that the water drawn out of the main tank, and shifted to a Potramarai (golden lotus) tank, situated about 350-m away, while taking the idol out on June 30 for a 48-day darshan, should not be used for refilling, without ascertaining its quality before keeping the idol back into the chamber on Saturday. He also wanted an interim report by Friday on the quality of groundwater on the temple premises.
Even if the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department wanted to use water from the Cauvery , as suggested by experts from Anna University, to fill Anantasaras, the quality of that water should also be ascertained through appropriate tests, he said. Since the wooden idol would have to remain underwater for the next 40 years, he wanted to ensure that the water was pure enough to not cause any damage to the idol.
The judge directed the standing counsel for TNPCB to submit on Friday the interim lab reports of the water that had been transferred to the golden lotus tank, the small amount of water that was still available in the Anantasaras and the water drawn from borewells on the temple premises. He also said the tank should be desilted completely, as suggested by the Archaelogical Survey of India, and the sand bags laid on its banks should be removed.
The progress of the work should be photographed and recorded on video, on a daily basis, and submitted before the court, he ordered.
The interim orders were passed on a writ petition filed by a devotee, K. Asokan of Chennai, to get the tank desilted, deepened and renovated before the idol could be immersed in the tank.
The Madras High Court on Wednesday insisted that Anantasaras — the 24-ft-deep tank at the Sri Devarajaswamy temple, which contains an underground chamber at a further depth of 12 ft. to house the fig wood idol of Lord Varadaraja Perumal, popularly known as Athi Varadar — should be filled only with purified water, certified to be free of impurities and microorganisms by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB).
Justice P.D. Audikesavalu ordered that the water drawn out of the main tank, and shifted to a Potramarai (golden lotus) tank, situated about 350-m away, while taking the idol out on June 30 for a 48-day darshan, should not be used for refilling, without ascertaining its quality before keeping the idol back into the chamber on Saturday. He also wanted an interim report by Friday on the quality of groundwater on the temple premises.
Even if the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department wanted to use water from the Cauvery , as suggested by experts from Anna University, to fill Anantasaras, the quality of that water should also be ascertained through appropriate tests, he said. Since the wooden idol would have to remain underwater for the next 40 years, he wanted to ensure that the water was pure enough to not cause any damage to the idol.
The judge directed the standing counsel for TNPCB to submit on Friday the interim lab reports of the water that had been transferred to the golden lotus tank, the small amount of water that was still available in the Anantasaras and the water drawn from borewells on the temple premises. He also said the tank should be desilted completely, as suggested by the Archaelogical Survey of India, and the sand bags laid on its banks should be removed.
The progress of the work should be photographed and recorded on video, on a daily basis, and submitted before the court, he ordered.
The interim orders were passed on a writ petition filed by a devotee, K. Asokan of Chennai, to get the tank desilted, deepened and renovated before the idol could be immersed in the tank.
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