Recently, a controversy has erupted in kerala’s kollam district after an rss prayer song was sung during the music event at a temple managed by the travancore devaswom board TDB. The incident took place at the kottukkal temple during a ganamela which held on sunday morning. a professional music troupe performed the rss’s gan geetam which sparked critiism from various quaters. the congress party has strongly opposed the inclusion of the rss song in a temple event and has demanded strict action against those responsible. the party alleged that religious places should not be used to promote the political ideology. they have also questioned how a temple run by the government controlled TDB allowed such an act. the incident has added to the ongoing debate over the use of temples for political messaging with calls growing the louder for maintaining the secular nature of religious institutions in the state.
As per the reports, There are other allegations on RSS where it is said that the RSS flags were places inside the temple premises as part of the festival celebrations. leader of the opposition in the kerala assembly v.d. satheesan, expressed serious concern over the singing of the RSS’s Ganageetam during the temple festival. he urged the Travancore devaswom board TDB to take the immediate and strict action against those responsible.
What Did the Opposition Say?
Recently, Violation took place in the temple manages by the TDB, even though the high court has clearly ruled that temples should not be used for political events. V.D. Satheesan said this in his statement that devaswom board and the government must be ready to act firmly and without delay. Temples belong to the devotees. politicising temple grounds and festivals reflects a narrow mindset. The opposition has demanded that such actions be stopped to protect the sancity of temples. Now, the congress party has demanded for the strict action towards this. Where party said to take the action towards those who are responsible for this. Party added in its statement that religious places should not be used for the political purposes or to promote any particular political ideology. congress party also raised the question over rss where the party questioned that how could the government can run a temple, how tdb allowed such an act. Now, this issue has sparked the heated debate between the political parties. debates are ongoing over this matter, where it is said that the temples should not be used for any kind of political matters.
