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The territory portion of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has powerfully condemned the removal of a lotus-shaped spiritual decoration from the Arulmigu Om Kaliamman Temple astatine Cauvery Road, Karungalpalayam successful Erode district, alleging misuse of authorization by officials of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department (HR and CE).
In a statement, the party’s Erode South territory president, S.M. Senthil, said that preparatory yagasala poojas were being conducted successful a devotional mode and successful accordance with Agama rituals up of the Kumbhabhishekham scheduled for Wednesday (January 28, 2026). At this stage, HR and CE Joint Commissioner A.T. Paranjothi on Tuesday (January 27, 2026) reportedly visited the temple and insisted that support for the Kumbhabhishekham would beryllium granted lone if the lotus-shaped decoration installed successful the Maha Mandapam was removed.
The enactment alleged that the decoration was subsequently demolished and removed without immoderate written bid oregon wide mentation citing violations of Agama rules. Terming the enactment “highly condemnable,” the BJP said the lotus is simply a ineffable awesome successful Hinduism, representing purity, divinity and spiritual power, and that its removal had profoundly wounded the spiritual sentiments of devotees.
The incident, the enactment said, has created apprehension among the nationalist and devotees implicit an alleged biased and one-sided attack by authorities targeting a peculiar spiritual symbol.
The BJP demanded an contiguous high-level enquiry into the behaviour of the authoritative acrophobic and called for due departmental action. It besides urged the authorities to contented wide guidelines to forestall specified incidents and guarantee that the spiritual and spiritual sentiments of devotees are not affected successful the future.
Members of Hindu Munnani gathered astatine the temple. Following talks, a impermanent lotus-coloured paintwork has been carried retired and devotees dispersed.
