Plea to display Athi Varadar idol for another 48 days
3 Days Left Before The Deity Is Immersed
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:14.08.2019
Just three days before the Athi Varadar idol at the Devaraja Perumal temple in Kancheepuram is to be returned to the temple tank, where it will remain immersed for another 40 years, a PIL has been filed in the Madras high court to keep the idol on display for another 48 days.
The idol which was taken out of the tank for public worship in July, will remain outside till August 17. So far more than 90 lakh people have had a darshan of the idol and the crowd continues to swell.
Tamizharasi of Meensurutti village in Ariyalur district filed the petition saying the darshan period should be extended. Noting that the arrangements made by the Kancheepuram district administration and police officers for crowd management were very poor, the petitioner said, “This failure on the part of the state had resulted in a large number of devotees not being able to get even a glimpse of Athi Varadar, leave alone a ‘divya darshan.”
Noting that it is a oncein-40-years event, the devotee said it would not be fair to deny the opportunity of worship to several lakhs from all corners of the state and neighbouring states. Tracing the history of the Athi Varadar and why the idol had to be kept under a sheet of water in the temple tank, the petitioner said such external threats did not exist at present, and hence there was no problem in keeping the idol outside the tank for another spell of 48 days.
The PIL wanted the high court to restrain the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department as well as the executive officer of the temple from immersing the idol on August 17.
The petition is likely to come up for hearing on Wednesday.
HUGE DRAW: Devotees throng the Athi Varadar festival
3 Days Left Before The Deity Is Immersed
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:14.08.2019
Just three days before the Athi Varadar idol at the Devaraja Perumal temple in Kancheepuram is to be returned to the temple tank, where it will remain immersed for another 40 years, a PIL has been filed in the Madras high court to keep the idol on display for another 48 days.
The idol which was taken out of the tank for public worship in July, will remain outside till August 17. So far more than 90 lakh people have had a darshan of the idol and the crowd continues to swell.
Tamizharasi of Meensurutti village in Ariyalur district filed the petition saying the darshan period should be extended. Noting that the arrangements made by the Kancheepuram district administration and police officers for crowd management were very poor, the petitioner said, “This failure on the part of the state had resulted in a large number of devotees not being able to get even a glimpse of Athi Varadar, leave alone a ‘divya darshan.”
Noting that it is a oncein-40-years event, the devotee said it would not be fair to deny the opportunity of worship to several lakhs from all corners of the state and neighbouring states. Tracing the history of the Athi Varadar and why the idol had to be kept under a sheet of water in the temple tank, the petitioner said such external threats did not exist at present, and hence there was no problem in keeping the idol outside the tank for another spell of 48 days.
The PIL wanted the high court to restrain the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department as well as the executive officer of the temple from immersing the idol on August 17.
The petition is likely to come up for hearing on Wednesday.
HUGE DRAW: Devotees throng the Athi Varadar festival
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