08-22-2006, 12:12 AM
<b>TN govt withdraws ordinance on priests</b> <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Monday, August 21, 2006 (Chennai):
The Tamil Nadu Government has withdrawn its ordinance to allow non-Brahmins to become priests in the state's temples.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court put a stay on the ordinance passed by the Karunanidhi government in July which had said any Hindu could become a priest.
<b>The decision to break the brahminical hold over temples was a major election promise of the DMK.</b>
However <b>Chief Minister M Karunanidhi says this was the dream of the Periyar - the father of the Dravidian movement</b>.
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The Tamil Nadu Government has withdrawn its ordinance to allow non-Brahmins to become priests in the state's temples.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court put a stay on the ordinance passed by the Karunanidhi government in July which had said any Hindu could become a priest.
<b>The decision to break the brahminical hold over temples was a major election promise of the DMK.</b>
However <b>Chief Minister M Karunanidhi says this was the dream of the Periyar - the father of the Dravidian movement</b>.
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