HC limits chariot route over caste-based complaint
Madurai: Hearing a plea complaining that the chariot procession during the
Vaikasi festival
at
Sri Aravayee Amman Temple
in Senapadi village in Karur district is not taken to the area where people belonging to the
scheduled caste community
reside, the
Madras high court
, as an interim measure, directed that the chariot be taken only to the border of Senapadi village for people to offer prayers and not on a procession to other villages during the festival this year.
Pursuant to the earlier direction of the court, the Karur district collector, inspector general of police (central zone), Karur superintendent of police, and members of the organising committee were present before the court. The committee members submitted that the petitioner P Ramesh, belonging to the scheduled caste community, has no right to claim the procession of the chariot. The private temple belongs to three hamlets, namely, Senapadi, Mallapalayam, and Muniyappanur, and they alone have their right of worship.
A division bench of justice P Velmurugan and justice K K Ramakrishnan took note of the fact that the officials are unable to collect and provide accurate information about the rights of the petitioner. Considering the fact that the festival is scheduled for May 21, the judges issued the following directions as an interim measure: The committee is permitted to conduct the festival from May 21 to 23, and they have to take the chariot up to the Senapadi hamlet border for people to offer 'padayal' to the deity.
The chariot procession from Senapadi to Mallapalayam and Muniyappanur villages is not allowed in the ensuing festival.
The judges reserved orders in the case to pass detailed orders and directed the authorities to file a report with specific findings about the claim of the petitioner.
The petitioner stated that during the second day of the festival, a chariot of the temple would start from Senapadi and reach the Nerur Mariamman Temple, where the people belonging to the scheduled caste community would perform puja.
However, for the past 15 years, the chariot was not taken to that area. Hence, he moved court seeking a direction to the authorities to bring the chariot of Sri Aravayee Amman Temple to the area where people of the scheduled caste community reside.
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