Tamil Nadu: Kallalagar Temple without a Jeeyar for 80 years, Madras HC urges religious heads to restore tradition

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has urged religious leaders to expedite the selection of a new mathadipati (Jeeyar) for the Sri Ramanuja Jeeyar Mutt at the Kallalagar Temple in Alagarkoil near Madurai. The seat has remained vacant for over eight decades. A Division Bench of Justices GR Swaminathan and P Murugan passed the order while disposing of a petition filed by R Sathyanarayanan of Madurai Meenambalpuram. The respondents were the Secretary, HR&CE Department; Commissioner, HR&CE;

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