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Actor Santhanam tweets in support of Sadhguru’s plea to free temples from govt control

February 27, 2021
The Commune

Isha’s Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev had posted a tweet saying how close to 12,000 temples were in ruins all around Tamilnadu with no one to care for them. The tweet read, “11,999 temples dying without a single pooja taking place. 34,000 temples struggling with less than Rs 10,000 a year. 37,000 temples have just one person for pooja, maintenance, security etc! Leave temples to devotees. Time to #FreeTNTemples.”

He went on to tag the CM of Tamil Nadu, DMK leader MK Stalin and actor Rajinikanth. He went on to say in the video that was posted that just like how the East India Company had left the temples of India in a dilapidated state by bludgeoning them, the present situation was such that they were slowly being suffocated into going out of existence by depriving them of resources and funds. He elaborated on the need for temples and explained how entire towns were built around them, and how they had been instrumental for the flourish of civilization.

He then beseeched that, since a single person would be unable to maintain the temples, the government should consider giving the responsibility of managing temples back to the devotees, and that the logistics could be figured out later.

Tweeting in favour of this, Actor Santhanam had tweeted saying, “Completely agree with @sadhguruJV. Leave it for devotees. Sad to see so many places of worship without a single pooja taking place. Very little done for maintenance, security etc. #FreeTNTemples.” This caused a stir online, flooding the microblogging platform with tweets in support as well as in opposition of the tweet.

BJP’s Asuvathaman and Indu Makkal Katchi (IMK) welcomed Actor Santhanam’s tweet. Many netizens were surprised to see a Kollywood actor giving voice to an issue that has been a subject matter of debate among the Hindu community.

However, one netizen pointed out that when the actor had run into a trouble with a BJP man a few years back, he reportedly threatened the person that he knew DMK chief MK Stalin.

Some others netizens like Savukku Shankar pointed out that Santhanam was a ‘Sanghi’ and also took a dig at his caste saying that ‘he was a Vanniyar and hence would have no brains’.

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