Tamil Nadu’s temple trouble: Non-Brahmin priests say they’re being sidelined, harassed
When on August 14, 2021, chief minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin appointed 23 non-Brahmin archaka, or priests, to various temples across the state, it was seen as a radical move. It seemed Stalin was realising a dream that had been birthed in the 1970s, when politician and social activist…
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