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| Supreme Court allows VIP darshan |
| Travancore Devsawom Board President G. Raman Nair welcomed the order of the Supreme Court
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| INDIA
, 6-January-2007
0:25:58 AM |
| The Supreme Court, on Friday, allowed VIP darshan in the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, as suggested by the Travancore Devaswom Board and the Special Commissioner appointed by the Kerala High Court, without causing obstruction to devotees standing in the general queue.
While staying a Kerala High Court judgment banning the entry of VIPs inside the cabin in front of the sanctum sanctorum, the apex court had asked the Board to submit proposals on the procedure to be followed in allowing VIP darshan.
The Bench was hearing a special leave petition filed by Ravikumar against the High Court order. When the matter came up for hearing on Friday before a Bench of Justice Ashok Bhan and Justice Dalveer Bhandari, senior counsels K.K. Venugopal, appearing for the Board, and T.L. Viswanath Iyer, appearing for the Special Commissioner, said the differences on allowing VIP darshan had been sorted out and a joint memo was presented to the court.
Accepting the memo, the Bench disposed of the matter with liberty to the parties to approach the court within six months if there was any difficulty in carrying out the arrangement. The Board said 15 categories of persons would be allowed in the front cabin.
They included the President and two members of the Board; Special Commissioner; three officials carrying Thanka Anki from the Aranmula temple for Mandalapuja on the day on which it was brought to the temple; members of the Pandalam Palace and officers of the Board carrying Thiruvabharanom on January 14 every year; VIPs accompanied by up to four persons; and former VIPs.
With regard to Udayasthamana puja and Padi puja, it was submitted that devotees who had booked them would be permitted entry, but limited to six family members
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