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Centre to frame scheme for Tiruvannamalai Temple
New Delhi, Oct 13: The centre today informed the Supreme Court that it would frame a scheme for Tiruvannamalai Temple in Tamil Nadu on the lines of the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir for its proper maintenance and management.
New Delhi, Oct 13: The centre today informed the
Supreme Court that it would frame a scheme for Tiruvannamalai
Temple in Tamil Nadu on the lines of the Vaishno Devi
shrine in Jammu and Kashmir for its proper maintenance and
management.
This was stated by Additional Solicitor General Altaf
Ahmed before a bench comprising Justice Y K Sabharwal and
Justice B N Agrawal, which granted six weeks time to the
centre to file before the court the proposed scheme.
In the meantime, it directed the Tiruvannamalai district
collector to ensure strict compliance of the apex court's July
22 order putting a ban on construction activities around the
'Girivalam Path' of the temple.
A heated debate had started over the management and
maintenance of the temple after Archaeological Survey of India
(ASI) in a preliminary notification took over the management
and maintenance of the temple. The Madras High Court had
stayed the notification.
Bureau Report