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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ordered an interim injunction restraining the cognition of the G.O. transferring oregon permitting the absorption and power of Yatri Nivas cottages constructed retired of surplus temple funds to Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation.
Justice G.R. Swaminathan ordered an interim injunction and announcement to the Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department and Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation.
The tribunal was proceeding the petition filed by S. Vijaynarayanan of Chennai who sought the quashing of the G.O. issued successful 2024 by the Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department.
The petitioner said the G.O. enables the appropriation of temple built facilities and their projection arsenic authorities undertakings by transferring the absorption to Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation. The Yatri Nivas cottages constructed from temple funds and endowments contributed by devotees were being rebranded and operated nether the TTDC’s commercialized names specified arsenic ‘Hotel Tamil Nadu’ and ‘Hotel Aalayam’.
By specified rebranding, the authorities has misrepresented the temple funded spiritual facilities arsenic State owned hospitality projects, thereby misleading the nationalist into believing that these amenities were created and maintained by the government, helium said.
In truth, the full superior expenditure, including that of the land, construction, equipment, amenities and attraction is borne by the respective temples, portion TTDC simply operates the facilities nether its tourism banner and appropriates a stock of the profits. This workout not lone dilutes the spiritual and charitable individuality of temple institutions but besides politicises temple medication arsenic the authorities portrays itself arsenic the supplier of services which were really funded by devotees and temple endowments, the petitioner said.
He sought a absorption to the authorities to reconstruct and retransfer the absorption and power of Yatri Nivas cottages constructed retired of surplus temple funds to the respective temple trustees oregon acceptable persons.
