The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department has issued a list of the names of all the people who have illegally encroached upon the temple lands of the Punnainallur Mariamman temple. This temple is situated in the Thanjavur district in the Aranmanai Devasthanam region.
The names on the list are as follows:
- Sheik Moideen, c/o Shahul Mohammed
- Shamsudeen, c/o Sheik Ali Rowther
- Kubberkhani, c/o Sheik Alaudin
- Jaffarlal, c/o Sheik Ali Rowther
- Jaleel, c/o Sheik Alaudin
- Yaahad Ali, c/o Sheik Dawood
- Dulquerna, c/o Sheik Ali Rowther
- Siddique Badshah, c/o Sheik Dawood
- Mohammed Ibrahim, c/o Moideen Badshah
- Alaudin, c/o Sheik Alaudin
- Abdul Kafur, c/o Sheik Alaudin
The notice claimed that these were the people who had encroached upon the land that belonged to the temple, and said that there were cases registered against them. It went on to state that by virtue of the verdicts issued during these cases, these people were to immediately hand over the land to the temple over the next 15 days, and that it was a direct order from the government.
It is to be noted that all the names that were mentioned in this list were Muslims. A Twitter user named @iParamanand had posted this list, which immediately became viral.
The notice went viral on Twitter with several users condemning the encroachers and at the same time congratulating the HR&CE department for taking action.
Encroacher is encroacher irrespective of the religious system they follow.
— Rao.vvs (@Raovvs) February 17, 2021
Community elders should counsel the encroachers. I am reminded again of the fact that the Masjid near to Thenkasi Vishwanathan temple is encroaching temple land and 5 IMK activists were
hacked to death on raising the issue— Vijay Raghavan R (@VijayRaghavanR2) February 17, 2021
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