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Radhakrishnan, the founder of Tamil Nadu Thiruthondar Sabai, has warned that a land grabbing mafia group is trying to sell land belonging to a temple near Salem using fake patta.
The Tamil Nadu Thiruthondar Sabai is an organization involved in reclaiming encroached temple lands by bringing to light the irregularities happening in temples controlled by Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments department to the government and the courts.
Radhakrishnan, the temple activist leading the organization found that the place surrounding the Kanjamalai Siththar Kovil Murugan Temple were littered with filth. He found that the temple did not have adequate facilities like dress-changing rooms for women devotees’ visiting to take a dip in the temple tank. He also found that the temple authorities had given away the buckets and mugs to be used for bathing to the cooks.
At that time, he came to know that temple land belonging to the temple were being encroached. It was revealed that some people were trying to sell the lands belonging to the temple by using bogus pattas.
Radhakrishnan had gone to meet the government officials to retrieve the temple land belonging to the Siddeswaraswami Temple in Salem that has been encroached by land sharks and also to bring to the attention of authorities other grievances. He requested for taking appropriate action to prevent the temple property from being swindled.
The Government of Tamil Nadu had earlier announced that the encroachments on the temple lands would be regularized and pattas would be given to the occupants. But many Hindu organizations and social activists have been opposing this. They point out that the government’s move is paving way for land sharks grab these lands.
(With inputs from Kathir News)