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A diamond card, priced astatine ₹7 lakh, issued by the HR&CE Department would facilitate a household of 7 to person a peculiar darshan crossed each large temples successful Tamil Nadu for 20 years, said HR &CE officials present connected Saturday.
Though a G.O., to this effect was issued successful 2012 during the past AIADMK authorities headed by the precocious Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, the officials said that it was chiefly launched to mobilise funds for the ambitious ‘annadhanam’ strategy introduced successful the shrines by the State government.
Initially, the large temples were fixed targets to popularise the strategy among the nationalist and invitation donors to opt for the scheme. However, with alteration successful governments, the diamond paper strategy got buried and for assorted reasons, the ‘annadhanam’ task did not get the expected patronage.
According to an authoritative successful the Palani Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple, truthful far, 27 donors person taken the ‘diamond card’ since it was launched. “We are campaigning devotees to travel guardant voluntarily arsenic the donations assistance heighten the ‘annadhanam’ task without immoderate hindrance,” helium added.
The diamond card, helium said would beryllium issued successful the sanction of the donor. From the date/year of issue, it would beryllium valid for 20 years. All large shrines successful the State would supply peculiar darshan to the paper holder with a maximum of 7 persons. However, helium explained that determination were definite clause which see that it could not beryllium utilized during festival days successful immoderate temples. The paper holder tin articulation the ‘annadhanam’ astatine the temples with the allotted persons and among others, helium added.
