TIRUCHI
The BJP and some Hindu outfits on Friday preferred a complaint with Srirangam police, seeking registration of a case against the temple authorities in connection with the visit of a group of Christian nuns into Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple.
The joint complaint, signed by BJP State executive committee member Sethu. Aravind and representatives of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Hindu Alaya Meetpu Iyakkam and Anaithu Hindu Iyakkam, was submitted to the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Srirangam) in the evening.
The entry of the nuns in their religious attire into the temple, which was well-equipped with CCTV cameras and police security, had hurt the sentiments of devotees. Their visit had only made a mockery of the temple sanctity, the complainants said.
The nuns were part of a group of tourists from Kerala who visited the temple on Tuesday. They went around the 1000 Pillar Mandapam in the prakaram of the temple but did not go inside the sannidhis.
