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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Friday granted clip till February 28, 2026, to the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department and Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple authorities to implicit the renovation enactment of Pudu Mandapam adjacent the temple successful Madurai.
A Division Bench of Justices Anita Sumanth and C. Kumarappan took cognisance of a study submitted by the Joint Commissioner / Executive Officer of Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple.
Executive Officer N. Suresh, successful the presumption report, said arsenic per the enactment schedule, chromatic laying and replacement enactment are expected to beryllium completed by December 31, 2025. However, water-washing, polishing, and elaborate finishing enactment necessitate further clip owed to the quality of the work. It involves infinitesimal sculptural detailing and requires cautious handling of past chromatic structures.
The presumption study said the hold was neither wilful nor wanton but purely owed to bonafide and applicable constraints successful carrying retired the restoration successful an authentic and harmless manner. In bid to guarantee that finishing, detailing and last inspection enactment are completed without compromising connected prime oregon tradition, clip till February 28, 2026 was sought to comply with the directions of the court.
The enactment was being executed with meticulous attraction and precision ensuring that practice integrity and agamic principles were afloat respected, it was submitted.
The Executive Officer filed the petition seeking hold of clip to comply with the 2024 High Court order. In July 2024, the tribunal disposed of a nationalist involvement litigation petition filed by advocator R. Manibharathi of Madurai and directed the temple authorities to implicit the renovation of Pudu Mandapam successful six months. The substance was posted for reporting compliance.
