Tamil Nadu: Dalits Enter HRCE Controlled Temple In Tiruvannamalai District For The First Time In 70 Years swarajyamag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from swarajyamag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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VILLUPURAM: After a few Dalits of Vizhukkam village in Villupuram entered the temple on April 30, caste Hindus washed it, saying it had become impure . Though no case was filed, police said reconciliation talks were held after which Dalits were allowed to enter the temple.
Dalits of the village have been demanding their Constitutional right to worship, as caste Hindus allegedly prohibit them from entering the local temple, and abuse them with casteist slurs.
The village, located 4 km from Theevanur block in Tindivanam, has about 1,000 families of various communities. They allegedly lived in harmony until construction of a temple began in 2013. The new temple, for goddess Selliamman, was planned on common land in the village, with funds raised by all the villagers in and around Vizhukkam, except the Dalits, sources said.
Hindu Trust, Accused of Labour Violations in US, Once Filed Case Against Temple Entry for Dalits
After India introduced laws prohibiting temples from denying entry to Dalits, the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha went to court to keep non-Satsang Dalits out of its places of worship.
Swaminarayan temple in Ahemdabad. Photo: 09bec027/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
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New Delhi: The organisation facing a suit in the US for violating labour laws by underpaying workers engaged in the construction of a temple in New Jersey â many of them Dalits â was also involved in a controversial court case in India seven decades ago that sought an injunction preventing non-Satsangi Dalits from entering the Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad.