Madras High Court Orders Board for Chidambaram Temple
The Madras High Court has ruled that the Podhu Dikshidars maladministered the Chidambaram Sabanayagar Temple. Justices G. Jayachandran and E. Manoharan ordered a Board of Management to run it. Retired judges V. Bharathidasan and R. Suresh Kumar will serve as its chair and co-chair.
Context
Context: The Chidambaram temple in Tamil Nadu is a famous Shiva shrine managed under an old arrangement with the Podhu Dikshidars, a community of hereditary priests. Disputes over how such temples are run often end up in court.
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