Hindu Munnani protests in Coimbatore performing 'thoppukaranam,' demanding reopening of temples
Coimbatore: Hindu Munnani protested, in a unique way,demanding reopening temples by performing 'thoppukaranam' in front of 20 temples in the city.
They demanded action should be taken to reopen the temples with proper arrangements. Hindu Munnani state leader Kadeswara Subramaniam had issued a statement earlier which said state-wide protests will be conducted on May 26 to urge the government to open temples.
In his statement, he said, "while there are many large temples in Tamil Nadu, millions of small ones exist too. There is no chance of crowds in such worship places compared to the larger ones and also some of them are privately held." In his statement, he asked the government to issue orders to allow the less crowded, rural temples to be opened with the requisite social distancing norms in place.
Kadeswara Subramaniam has said that the Hindu Munnani is demanding for temples to be opened as visiting them will ease the stress of the people and requested that the government take a good decision in this regard. He mentioned in his statement that if appropriate action is not taken, the Hindu Munnani will protest in front of the temples by lighting camphor and performing 'thoppukaranam.'
Following this, Hindu Munnai protested in front of 20 temples in the city today including Koniamman temple, Lakshmi Narasimha temple, Gandhi park Murugan temple and Thandu Mariamman temple demanding the government to reopen temples.