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Hyderabad
Former caput clergyman of Chilkur Balaji temple, besides known arsenic Visa Balaji, Soundar Rajan (90) passed distant connected Friday owed to age-related illness.
Mr. Soundar Rajan breathed his past astatine his residence successful Chilkur, according to his lad and contiguous caput clergyman Rangarajan.
Devotees recalled his dedication and work to the temple and besides the mode helium fought with the governments implicit their power connected temples.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy expressed heavy sorrow implicit his demise, recalling that the precocious clergyman had earned a distinguished estimation arsenic an world and besides spiritual designation to the Balaji temple. Mr. Reddy conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the household members and his well-wishers.
AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu besides condoled the decease and said the precocious clergyman played a cardinal relation successful highlighting the request for independency of temples.
Mr. Soundar Rajan was a prof of Commerce successful Osmania University, who besides worked arsenic the Registrar of the University. He was against the Hundi conception astatine the temple and ensured the Hundi astatine Chilkur Balaji temple was removed.
He encouraged radical to walk their monetary offering by subscribing to the spiritual magazines brought retired by the temple. He ne'er allowed VIP queues oregon quota systems astatine the temple, and everyone had to usage the aforesaid queue to commune to the Lord.
