The lacuna in crowd management came to fore this week after many pilgrims had to wait for hours for "darshan", even as police stopped thousands of them at different hubs en route the temple.
“Casteism, which has accrued in the mind over the years, will not end in one day. Our state had witnessed many agitations against the caste system. However, there are still remnants. We still require great efforts to get rid of such thoughts,” minister K Radhakrishnan said.
The Jehovah's Witnesses community in India boasts 947 congregations and over 56,000 devoted ministers dedicated to sharing their interpretation of the Bible and promoting an understanding of God's kingdom, according to the official jw.org website.