Kanchi seer denied entry into inner chamber of temple

07-14-2005, 03:34 PM

Kanchi seer denied entry into inner chamber of temple

Friday, 15 July , 2005, 00:16

Rameswaram: Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi was on Thursday
denied entry into the sanctum sanctorum of the Lord Ramanathaswamy
temple in Rameswaram for performing early morning poojas to the
presiding deity.

The seer, who entered the temple after taking bath at the holy `agni
theertham,' was stopped in front of the sanctum sanctorum in the
presence of mediapersons and others accompanying him by temple joint
commissioner Subramanian.

The official told the Sankaracharya that the commissioner of the
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, which administers temples,
had "strictly instructed" him not to allow the seer into the sanctum
sanctorum.

The seer, on his first visit to the temple after his arrest in the
Sankararaman murder case, then asked the priest to do the pooja on
his behalf and offered prayers from outside the sanctum sanctorum.

Temple officials said the seer had been denied entry into the sanctum
sanctorum of Dhanuskodi Kothanda Ramar temple too.

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