Sabarimala Mel Shanthi: Devaswom Board plans to hold consultations with stakeholders to evolve consensus on reservation for Malayala Brahmins
The Hindu
While a section of the non-Brahmin priests has moved the Kerala High Court seeking to quash the notification inviting applications only from the Malayala Brahmin priests, a few others have approached the board seeking to continue the practice
The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) plans to hold consultations with stakeholders to evolve a consensus on the contentious issue of reservation of Sabarimala Temple priesthood for Malayala Brahmins. While a section of the non-Brahmin priests has moved the Kerala High Court seeking to quash the notification inviting applications only from the Malayala Brahmin priests, a few others have approached the board seeking to continue the practice. “As the demand for continuing the practice and modifying it has come up, the board will discuss the issue. Changes in the temple practices can be introduced only after holding discussions with all the stakeholders concerned. The board is yet to decide on whom to be invited for discussion and when to hold it,” said N. Vasu, president of the TDB.
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