03-08-2005, 11:32 PM
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald...05/i15.asp
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CHENNAI, MAR 8 (UNI)
The Tamil Nadu Government will appoint women as temple priests irrespective of their caste, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Minister P C Ramasamy told the State Assembly today.
Replying to a question from a woman MLA during Question Hour, he said both Hindu men and women, belonging to any caste, could become temple priests if they had the necessary qualification.
Earlier, Ms Maheshwari (Congress), who raised the supplementary question, greeted Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on the occasion of Women's Day and said the credit for taking women from the kitchen to the commando force would go to her. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->TN to appoint women priests in temples
CHENNAI, MAR 8 (UNI)
The Tamil Nadu Government will appoint women as temple priests irrespective of their caste, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Minister P C Ramasamy told the State Assembly today.
Replying to a question from a woman MLA during Question Hour, he said both Hindu men and women, belonging to any caste, could become temple priests if they had the necessary qualification.
Earlier, Ms Maheshwari (Congress), who raised the supplementary question, greeted Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on the occasion of Women's Day and said the credit for taking women from the kitchen to the commando force would go to her. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->