Woman artist booked for filming reel on Guruvayur temple premises

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Jasna Salim, an creator known for paintings of Krishna, has been booked again for allegedly violating a prohibition connected filming videos connected the Guruvayur Sree Krishna temple premises, the constabulary said connected Saturday.

The Guruvayoor Temple constabulary connected Friday registered a lawsuit against Ms. Salim and different idiosyncratic who handles an Instagram leafage connected charges of allegedly filming a societal media reel astatine the “nadapandal” of the shrine recently.

The lawsuit was registered based connected a ailment of the temple administrative officer, the constabulary said. She was booked nether assorted sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and an probe is connected successful this regard.

A devotee

An ardent devotee of Krishna, Ms. Salim has created galore paintings of him and adjacent talented a coating to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his sojourn to Thrissur recently.

She was booked by the constabulary aboriginal this twelvemonth for allegedly filming a video aft adorning an idol of Krishna—placed supra the offering container astatine the eastbound entranceway of the temple—with a garland.

The constabulary said she had violated a caller Kerala High Court ruling that deemed filming specified videos wrong shrine premises and sharing them connected societal media platforms unacceptable.

Ms. Salim had courted contention earlier arsenic well, erstwhile she chopped a barroom adjacent the temple premises and attempted to movie a video of it.

Published - November 08, 2025 07:42 p.m. IST

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