“Kerala: No Iftar at Mridanga Shaileshwari Temple after High Court’s intervention on Hindu Seva Kendram’s plea”, Opindia, March 27, 2025:
“The committee for the Sri Mridanga Shaileshwari Temple decided to withdraw its plans to hold an “Iftar Sangam” on the temple grounds on 26th March. A writ petition against the “Samooha Nombuthura” and “Sneha Sangamam” as part of the event in the Sree Mrudanga Saileswari Temple auditorium was submitted to the Kerala High Court.
OpIndia has a copy of the judgement. Sree Porkali, the ancestral deity of Kerala king Varma Pazhassi Raja, resides in the temple.
The petition was filed by members of Hindu Seva Kendram and the Bajrang Dal. They also requested a writ of mandamus to prevent non-Hindus from entering the Malabar Devaswom Board-controlled Murdanga Saileswari Temple and to strictly adhere to the provisions of the Hindu Places of Public Worship (Authorization of Entry) Act, 1965, and the rules made thereunder. However, the Malabar Devaswom Board told the court that the event will not happen before the petition’s scheduled review date on 26th March…….”
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