Tag: Dharmapuram Adheenam
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TAMIL NADU: WITH BAN ON PATTINA PRAVESAM REVOKED, HERE IS A SHORT SUMMARY OF THE ENTIRE CONTROVERSY
The DMK government revoked its ban on the 500-year-old practice, ‘Pattina Pravesam’ of the Dharmapuram Adheenam, in Tamil Nadu. The government move was vehemently opposed by devotees, Hindu organisations as well as opposition parties. The Pattina Pravesam is a customary practice involving the head of… Read More
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Another Attack On A Saivaite Tradition And Annamalai Comes To The Defence
In a latest, calculated attack on Saivaite traditions, the Mayiladuthurai Collectorate in Tamil Nadu has refused permission to hold ‘Pattina Pravesam’ a traditional practice where devotees carry the Adheena Karthar (roughly the pontiff) of the Dharmapuram Adheenam seated in a palanquin. Read more at:… Read More
