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[6/9, 14:43] sekarreporter1: [6/9, 14:37] sekarreporter1: Can Tamil Nadu temples appoint Archakas, on the basis of certificates issued by chief priests, even before a court appointed committee identifies Agamic & non Agamic temples? Justice N Anand Venkatesh of #MadrasHC to decide the issue on June 19. @THChennai
[6/9, 14:39] sekarreporter1: Madras High Court to decide if priests can be appointed before Court-appointed committee identifies Agamic and non Agamic temples in T.N. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/madras-high-court-to-decide-if-priests-can-be-appointed-before-court-appointed-committee-identifies-agamic-and-non-agamic-temples-in-tn/article66949382.ece
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Madras High Court to decide if priests can be appointed before Court-appointed committee identifies Agamic and non Agamic temples in T.N.
The Court was hearing a writ petition filed in 2018, challenging a notification issued that year by the Executive Officer of Sri Sugavaneswarar Swamy Temple in Salem, calling for applications to fill up the post of Archagar/Sthanigar; the petitioner contended that this could not be done since the temple was an Agamic temple
June 09, 2023 12:22 pm | Updated 12:22 pm IST – CHENNAI

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A view of the Sri Sugavaneswarar Temple in Salem. The writ petition was filed in 2018 challenging a notification issued by this temple. File
A view of the Sri Sugavaneswarar Temple in Salem. The writ petition was filed in 2018 challenging a notification issued by this temple. File | Photo Credit: LAKSHMINARAYANAN E

The Madras High Court has embarked on an exercise to ascertain whether Tamil Nadu’s Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department can be allowed to appoint Archakas (priests) to temples until a committee constituted by the court completes the exercise of identifying Agamic and non Agamic temples in the State.

Justice N. Anand Venkatesh has directed Special Government Pleader (HR&CE) N.R.R. Arun Natarajan to produce, by June 19, a copy of the certificates issued by the chief priests certifying that a candidate to the post of Archaka/Sthanigar in a particular temple had been trained in the Agamic practices followed in the

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