A wedding invitation of a Christian marriage ceremony, that was to be held at a Hindu Temple in Ramanathapuram district, became viral in social media with many Hindu organizations raising concerns. Following this, the temple authorities have denied the permission to conduct the wedding at the temple.
As per the invitation, wedding between M. Muniyaraj and S. Ranjita was to be held on November 4 at the Uthiragosamangai Mangalanatha Swamy Temple located in Ramanathapuram district. The invitation printed in Tamil explicitly says that the wedding was to happen “with the blessings of Lord Jesus” on November 4 between 9.00 AM to 10.30AM” at the Uthiragosamangai Mangalanatha Mangaleswari Swamy Temple.
Objections came in from different quarters for letting the temple premises to be used conducting a Christian wedding.
Ramamoorthy, the District General Secretary of the Hindu Munnani announced that they would be protesting if the wedding was not shifted from the temple. Soon, the Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments department officials, and the temple trustees refused shot in and refused to grant permission to conduct the wedding.
The Ramanathapuram Samasthana Devasthanam Diwan K. Palanivel Pandian was quoted saying in local media reports that the name of the temple was on the wedding invitation without obtaining proper permission from the temple administration and that following the complaint, permission to hold the wedding at the temple was denied.