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Court Angry on Alleged Tradition to wash Brahmins Feet at temple!
By: Tupaki Desk | 10 Feb 2022 9:53 AM GMT
The Brahmotsavam at the famous Sree Poornathrayeesa temple in Tripunithura had reached the High Court in God's Own country Kerala after the court took suo motu cognisance of the news stories carried out by the media outlets on the controversial customs at the Brahmotsavam.
The High Court expressed his anger over the alleged custom which says that the devotees of the temple should wash the feet of the Brahmins at the temple so that they can get rid of their sins.
Not happy with what is being followed as part of the customs, the High Court had served notice to the Cochin Devaswom Board, which takes care of the temple to file an affidavit over the issue. Having said that, the next hearing was adjourned to the 25th of this month.
During the arguments, the lawyer who represented the Devaswom Board had rubbished the media reports on the customs and said that unlike what is said in the media reports, the head priest of the temple had washed the priests working at the temple following the old custom.
The division bench of the Kerala High Court comprising Justices Anil K Narendran and PG Ajithkumar which heard the petition had directed the Devaswom Board to submit a full affidavit on the issue.
The alleged custom came to the limelight when a popular Malayalam news daily had carried out a story on the Brahmotsavam saying that the objectionable custom is still prevalent. Taking cognizance of the reports, the Kerala High Court heard a petition on the same.
After the news reports on the tradition attracted objection, various organisations and bodies opposed this and carried out protests against this. Dubbing the tradition problematic and casteist, the organisations have expressed their anger towards the tradition.
With the controversy over the tradition growing rapidly, Kerala Devaswom Minister K Radhakrishnan reacted to the issue and asked the Cochin Devaswom Board for a detailed report on the entire issue.
Now the ball is in the Cochin Devaswom Board's court. Based on what the Board tells the court, further developments in the much-talked-about issue will take place. For this, we have to wait for a few days.
The High Court expressed his anger over the alleged custom which says that the devotees of the temple should wash the feet of the Brahmins at the temple so that they can get rid of their sins.
Not happy with what is being followed as part of the customs, the High Court had served notice to the Cochin Devaswom Board, which takes care of the temple to file an affidavit over the issue. Having said that, the next hearing was adjourned to the 25th of this month.
During the arguments, the lawyer who represented the Devaswom Board had rubbished the media reports on the customs and said that unlike what is said in the media reports, the head priest of the temple had washed the priests working at the temple following the old custom.
The division bench of the Kerala High Court comprising Justices Anil K Narendran and PG Ajithkumar which heard the petition had directed the Devaswom Board to submit a full affidavit on the issue.
The alleged custom came to the limelight when a popular Malayalam news daily had carried out a story on the Brahmotsavam saying that the objectionable custom is still prevalent. Taking cognizance of the reports, the Kerala High Court heard a petition on the same.
After the news reports on the tradition attracted objection, various organisations and bodies opposed this and carried out protests against this. Dubbing the tradition problematic and casteist, the organisations have expressed their anger towards the tradition.
With the controversy over the tradition growing rapidly, Kerala Devaswom Minister K Radhakrishnan reacted to the issue and asked the Cochin Devaswom Board for a detailed report on the entire issue.
Now the ball is in the Cochin Devaswom Board's court. Based on what the Board tells the court, further developments in the much-talked-about issue will take place. For this, we have to wait for a few days.
