Devotees are having fingers crossed. Will their prayers be answered?

The Supreme Court will pronounce the judgment in the case relating to the Padmanabha Swamy Temple administration dispute

We are happy to hear that the long-awaited judgment in our Ruler Deity Lord Shri Padmanabha Swamy Temple case is now listed for delivery of Judgement on 13th July by Supreme Court i.e tomorrow at 10:30 am.

Temples Protection Movement (TPM) had addressed a letter to His Excellency President on 28th June expressing anguish at the inordinate delay in the Delivery of Justice. The letter ended with the request to the crores of devotees to pray and Chant “Om Vashat
Karaya Namaha” for the speedy delivery of Justice in Lord Padmanabha Swamy Temple issue.

The Supreme Court will pronounce the judgment in the case relating to the Padmanabha Swamy Temple administration dispute tomorrow. The bench comprising Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Indu Malhotra had finally heard the appeals in April, last year.

Chilkur Head Priest Dr. MV Soundararajan, the 85-year-old founder Convenor of Temples Protection Movement is the intervenor and was represented by Young Advocate J Sai Deepak who fights for the “Rights of Temple Deities.” He represents the unrepresented

The Court is also expected to rule on the rights of the erstwhile royal family of Travancore on the temple, the feasibility of forming a Devaswom board, and opening of the Kallara (vault) B of the temple.

The appeals challenged a 2011 Kerala High Court judgment which directed the government to take over control of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, it’s assets and management. The High Court bench comprising of Justices C.N Ramachandran Nair and K Surendra Mohan also directed the government to open all Kallaras, make an inventory of the entire articles and create a Museum and exhibit all the treasures of the temple for the public, devotees and the tourists to view the same which could be arranged on payment basis in the temple premises itself.

Against this judgment, the members of the erstwhile royal family approached the Supreme Court in appeal. Senior advocate Gopal Subramanian was appointed as amicus curiae in the matter. Former CAG Vinod Rai was also appointed to audit the records including expenditures incurred for the temple’s upkeep. Senior advocate Gopal Subramanian had submitted his report on the matter.

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C.S. RANGARAJAN

C S Rangarajan belongs to the family of Hereditary Archaka cum Trustees of the famous Sri Chilkur Balaji Venkateswara Swamy Temple of Telangana State. He completed his B.E (Biomedical Engineering) from the Osmania University in June, 1988. He was educated in Agama Sastras as well and passed Archaka Pravesha Exam in 1995. He worked in many Medical Device companies before quitting the Engineering Profession to join in the Service of the Almighty at Chilkur at an age of 35 years. He felt this was a calling of God to help the worshippers at the Temple have a better devotional experience through his service. Most important is the fact that he has been assisting his father Dr M V Soundara Rajan in running the Temples Protection Movement from Chilkur Balaji temple which has set a unique trend against Commercialisation and Politicisation of Temple worship. He assists his father in running the Trilingual Monthly Journal VAK which is the voice of Temples. He has always been striving for revival of ancient temples and has played a key role in sensitizing the devotees on the need to revive the ancient temples in their ancestral villages. He has also taken keen interest in the welfare of the society at large by not only striving for inculcating devotional spirit in the devotees visiting Chilkur temple but also ensuring that the temple plays a role in the upliftment of the weaker sections through such innovative initiatives as motivating devotees to wear handlooms on Saturdays providing support to the weavers’ community. He has also played a major role in the movement to reform the temple system and also highlighting the pitiable state of the Archaka community leading eventually to the amendment of the draconian 30/87 Andra Pradesh Endowments Act . He has been instrumental in development of the Conservation manual for the Endowments Department by REACH Foundation. His LLM Thesis is now being published by the Temples Protection Movement

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