Stop renovation of ancient temple: High Court

Chennai: The Madras high court restrained the commissioner, the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department from renovating the ancient Adi Narayan Perumal temple and Sri Samaya Eswarar temple built with laterite stones not available in and around TN, AP and Telangana.

Passing an interim order on a writ petition filed by S. Srikumar, a heritage enthusiast, Justice V. Ramasubramanian, said, “Since temples were stated to be ancient monuments, any work of renovation should be carefully undertaken. Therefore, there will be an order of interim injunction restraining the HR&CE from proceeding with renovation work for the present.”