Kanchi seer denied entry into inner chamber of temple

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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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