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BJP person Vanathi Srinivasan connected Monday (May 18, 2026) flagged the increasing “menace of touts” astatine Arulmigu Subramania Swamy Temple successful Tiruchendur and called for Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s involution successful this regard. The touts astatine the temple were collecting wealth by deceiving devotees, promising expedited darshan, she alleged.
In a societal media post, Ms. Srinivasan underlined the hold successful appointing a Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments and urged Mr. Vijay to name a Minister soon, truthful that devotees are not deceived by specified touts astatine temples nether the power of the HR&CE Department.
Touts were collecting betwixt ₹500 and ₹1,000 from devotees, she alleged. “It is not wide if the temple medication is not alert of this oregon if it is disquieted astir the committee it volition get,” she said.
