Court Stayed Demolition of Tirumala Hills

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Dear friends,

Happy Times back again. Court stayed the demolition of

Tirumala hills. This is the first time our great

indian newspaper THE (anti) HINDU admitted that "there

is indeed demolition going on at Lord Venkateshwara

Temple at Tirumala".

 

Congratulations to all.

 

Jai Srimannarayana

Narsaraj ramanuja dasi

 

 

http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/30/stories/2004063003781300.htm

 

Stay on demolition at Tirumala

 

By Our Legal Correspondent

HYDERABAD, JUNE 29. A Division Bench of the Andhra

Pradesh High Court

restrained on Tuesday the Tirumala Tirupati

Devasthanams (TTD) and the State

Government from demolishing the Peddajeeyar Mutt and

the Hatiramji Mutt and

going ahead with the construction of Mahaprakaram

adjacent to the main

temple at Tirumala.

 

The Bench, comprising the Chief Justice, Devinder

Gupta, and Justice Rohini, passed these stay orders

on a writ petition filed by Tirumala Seshukumar.

The petitioner alleged that the authorities did not

have any regard for Agama Sastras. The Mahaprakaram

would be the fourth

and was "violative of the fundamental tenets of

Silpasastra." He charged

that the TTD had violated its responsibilities. The

blasting near the thousand

pillar mandapam violated the sanctity of the

Venkatadri hill. The

mandapam, constructed by Saluva Mallaya Deva, had a

great history and was not

an ornamental structure. The TTD was "interfering in

the religious

affairs and sentiments of devotees" and that it

lacked "inherent jurisdiction" to deal with such

issues.

 

He referred to the recent meeting of the

Peetadipathis, religious heads following Vaishnava

sampradaya, where the execution

of masterplan of the temple was opposed. The

petitioner said that the

Peddajeeyar Mutt was the place where Baghawada

Ramanujacharya reformed, regularised and instituted

the entire system of worship of the deity.