Alleged Mismanagement at the Kalighat Temple

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Committee served notice by high court for

mismanagement

Kolkata, December 06, 2005 7:39:02 PM IST

 

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Kalighat temple committee was served notice by

Calcutta High Court asking to reply on irregularities in

worshipping of the Hindu Goddess Kali and frowning

upon the guidelines, set by the apex court.

Justice Girish Gupta asked the court authorities to serve

notice on the five-member committee, headed by

Alipore distict sessions court judge Prabudha Sankar

Banerjee.

 

Justice Gupta issued the direction on a contempt plea

filed by Kalighat temple priest Asoke Kumar Haldar

alleging that priests continued to sell their "pala"

(monthly term for leading the worship of the goddess)

to others defying the Supreme Court order.

 

Mr Haldar also complained that the apex court-fixed

schedules for worshipping the goddess and offering

"bhogs" were not being maintained.

 

The plea would come up for further hearing after two

weeks.

 

The Supreme court in an order on 28 July, 2005, set

guidelines for running the temple, including

worshipping and offering bhogs, after hearing a writ

petition highlighting mismanagement in the temple.

 

The Supreme Court also appointed a five-member

committee under the chairmanship of Alipore district

sessions court judge Mr Banerjee.

 

Millions of people visit the centuries-old Kalighat

temple, considered to be one of the 51 piths of the

Hindus, in the southern part of the city to offer worship

to the goddess Kali.

 

Authorities have of late unveiled plans to renovate and

beautify the temple complex to put it in the tourist map

of the country.

 

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A related article from July, 2005:

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050729/asp/calcutta/story_5046358.asp