Ahead of the Pooram festival, a viral picture of the Thirumandhamkunnu temple at Angadipuram in Malappuram shows that it has been painted in green and white making it look like a mosque.
Following this the Hindu Aikya Vedi (HAV) and other temple organisations submitted a memorandum before the temple committee asking to change the colour. The temple committee yield and later agreed to change the paint colour.
There is a sizable presence of Muslims in the festival committee as patrons and members. The first name on the panel is that of Muslim League leader and Member of Parliament Abdul Samad Samadani who
Chief Patron is Abdul Samad Samadani MP, leader of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). He was allegedly instrumental in fraudulent conversion of eminent Malayalam writer Kamala Das.
IUML leader Manjulamkuzhi Ali MLA is the Chairman of the committee. Zilla Panchayat President Rafeeqa, Zilla Panchayat Member Shaharban and Grama Panchayat President Saeeda too are in the temple committee. Out of the 14 patrons, five are Muslims. One of the vice-chairmen of the panel is Jose Varghese, a Christian.
(With inputs from Organiser and Induscrolls)
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