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Two judges of the Madras High Court person decided to inspect the Arunachaleswarar Temple astatine Tiruvannamalai pursuing complaints regarding definite constructions either proposed/being carried retired by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) section some wrong and extracurricular the temple premises.
Justices R. Suresh Kumar and S. Sounthar, presiding implicit a peculiar Division Bench for proceeding temple related cases, connected Thursday said, they would beryllium tentatively visiting the Arunachaleswarar Temple connected October 5 though the existent day of inspection would beryllium informed by the High Court Registry later.
The judges took the determination during the proceeding of a 2024 writ petition filed by temple activistic T.R. Ramesh. He had challenged a Government Order issued successful 2023 for utilizing temple funds to conception a buying analyzable oregon a enactment of shops extracurricular the Rajagopuram (prime temple tower) of the Arunachaleswarar Temple.
On August 28, 2025, Special Government Pleader (HR&CE) N.R.R. Arun Natarajan had told the Division Bench the section was having 2nd thoughts implicit moving up with the connection to conception the buying complex/row oregon shops and that alternatively it was readying to make different facilities for the devotees.
Subsequently, connected September 11, 2025, the tribunal was told the section had planned to conception a queue analyzable for the payment of the devotees who throng the temple for a darshan of Lord Shiva. After signaling his submission, the judges had directed him to taxable a method study by Thursday.
However, erstwhile the lawsuit was heard connected Thursday, Mr. Ramesh complained to the Division Bench that the HR&CE section had already begun operation wrong the temple complex, adjacent earlier the tribunal could licence it to bash so, and produced photographs to substantiate his charge.
On a perusal of the photographs, the justice said, the pictures prima facie amusement definite constructions were being made adjacent to the temple’s compound partition which was besides a portion of the practice structure. They feared the constructions should not extremity up affecting the aesthetics of the temple.
To ascertain the crushed concern some wrong and extracurricular the temple premises, the judges decided to behaviour a idiosyncratic inspection earlier the adjacent proceeding of the lawsuit connected October 16. They besides ordered the ongoing constructions should beryllium halted until further orders.
