Madras High Court to hear PIL on Karur Devadanam land issue
Bhaskar, a cable TV operator from Guduvancheri in Chengalpattu district, has filed the case through his counsel B. What is the row over Karur ‘temple land’? | ExplainedAccording to the petitioner, Devadanam lands were properties bequeathed/endowed to Hindu temples by the erstwhile kings. However, temple servants had been allowed to be in occupation of those lands and cultivate them.
- ▪Bhaskar, a cable TV operator from Guduvancheri in Chengalpattu district, has filed the case through his counsel B.
- ▪What is the row over Karur ‘temple land’? | ExplainedAccording to the petitioner, Devadanam lands were properties bequeathed/endowed to Hindu temples by the erstwhile kings.
- ▪However, temple servants had been allowed to be in occupation of those lands and cultivate them.
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A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court alleging that the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department has given away 3,084.95 acres of temple lands to 3,390 individuals in Karur district by lifting the ban on registration of those properties.The PIL plea has been listed for admission before the first Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan on Monday (July 27, 2026). P. Bhaskar, a cable TV operator from Guduvancheri in Chengalpattu district, has filed the case through his counsel B. Jagannath. What is the row over Karur ‘temple land’? | ExplainedAccording to the petitioner, Devadanam lands were properties bequeathed/endowed to Hindu temples by the erstwhile kings.
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