A shocking information has come to light wherein the money offered as donations by devotees in hundial has been used to buy toiletwares by the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department.
Arulmigu Nadiamman Temple is a famous Amman (Shakti) temple located in Pattukottai town of Thanjavur district. The consecration ceremony for the centuries old temple was recently held in January 2022.
Temple Activist TR Ramesh posted on social media about the misuse of money given by devotees alleging that the money has been used to buy toiletwares.
A receipt dated 6 September 2017 shows ₹12,400 being spent on repair works for Thanjavur HR&CE Joint Commissioner office.
The description in the bill submitted to the Joint Commissioner of HR&CE Department, Thanjavur, says that the ₹12,400 has been spent for “Supply and fixing European water faucet of parryware make glazed special type with attached flush tank and fixing C.P tap, health faucet with seat cover, after dismantling the existing worn out EWC. The rate is inclusive of labour.”
If you think the money you faithfully & with devotion put in a Temple's Hundie would be used ONLY for the purposes of the temple and its Dharma – THINK AGAIN- the very #honest @tnhrcedept uses this money to buy a toilet seat for its Joint Commissioner😡😡😡 @BJP4India @RSSorg pic.twitter.com/RAgSpaBF6v
— trramesh (@trramesh) December 26, 2022
Nadiamman Temple
The Nadiamman Temple boasts of a rich history. Once when a Maratha king of Thanjavur was hunting in the forest, he chased an animal which went and hid in a bush When the king told his men to search the bush, they saw an idol of Pitariamman dripping with blood. The shocked king immediately took out the idol, cleaned it, called the priests of the Shiva temple of Pattukottai fort. He ordered to build and consecrate a temple on the spot where the idol was found.
Then the king decreed that one Chinnan Chettiar should be given the responsibility of building and managing the temple. At first only the moolavar (black stone statue) of Pitariyamman which was found in the forest was worshipped. Later, due to Chettiar’s efforts, a Panchaloha idol of was made and worshiped. Eventually this goddess got the name Nadiamman.
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