The DMK’s mouthpiece, Murasoli, a Tamil newspaper, published an editorial article in which it cautioned and borderline threatened Harihara Desigar, the head of the Madurai Adheenam, south India’s oldest Saivite mutt.
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Madurai Adheenam seer, Gnanasambanda Desigar, has alleged that the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu was harassing him. He also said that his life was in danger. This comes a day after the seer said he would give his life to ensure the palanquin ritual, Pattina Pravesam, is conducted.
A political row has erupted in Tamil Nadu after permission was denied for a ritual in Mayiladuthurai district in which a mutt's seer is carried by devotees and disciples on a palanquin.