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3 Women Become Priests In Tamil Nadu

3 Women Become Priests In Tamil Nadu Chennai: Taking the opportunity to close the gender gap in the profession, three young women -- one the first graduate in a family, another a graduate and the third a postgraduate -- have chosen to take up the sacred vocation of priest in a Hindu temple. The salary is meagre but that does not seem to be an issue for these pious young women who say god will provide for their needs. "I was working in a private firm in Chennai and gave up the job after my friend brought to my notice the state government's announcement on training women from all castes to become temple priests," says N Ranjitha, a BSc Visual Communications graduate. "I found it important to serve god and hence the decision to become a priest," Ranjitha told PTI. Her parents from Needamangalam in Tiruvarur district are farmers and she is the first graduate in her family, she said. Like her, S Ramya, a postgraduate in Mathematics, and S Krishnaveni, a graduate in Mathematics, decided to dedicate their lives to temple service. The three were among the 98 archakas -- the other 95 being men -- who successfully completed a one-year course organised by the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department. The training was challenging initially but their teacher Sundar Bhattar taught them well, Ranjitha said. They newly ordained women are to be posted as assistant priests in Vaishnavaite temples under the ambit of the HR & CE department to undergo training for a year, after which they will be given permanent positions. According to Krishnaveni, both her father and grandfather served at the Mariamman temple in their village in Tittakudi in Cuddalore district. "Neither I nor others are worried about the salary since we trust that the Lord will provide for us," she said. All of them were initiated into priesthood from the Mannargudi Sendalangara Jeeyar during the sixth month of their training. They have been trained in Pancharatra agama, the Vaishnavaite tradition of worship, during their time at the Archakar Training School run by the Sri Ranganathar Temple in Srirangam. Like the rest of the trainees, they too were provided a monthly stipend of Rs 3,000. Ramya, also from Tittakudi, hopes to take up the new role in a major temple so that she can get an opportunity to learn more and gain good exposure as well. All the 98 archakas and four odhuvars (who recite devotional hymns in temples) received their certificates from HR & CE Minister P K Sekar Babu at a function held here recently. 3 Women Become Priests In Tamil Nadu Read the full article

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Doctors advise bypass surgery for Senthil Balaji

The minister was arrested in connection with the cash for jobs scam when he was the transport minister during AIADMK regime in 2011-15.

CHENNAI: A medical bulletin from the Omandurar hospital said that Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise duty Senthil Balaji (47) underwent a coronary angiogram at 10.40 am on Wednesday. It revealed triple vessel disease, for which CABG-Bypass Surgery is advised at the earliest, it added.

The minister complained of chest pain while being taken for investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The medical report will also be sent to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) by the ED to ask their opinion, said sources.

The minister was arrested in connection with the cash for jobs scam when he was the transport minister during AIADMK regime in 2011-15. CM MK Stalin visited Senthil Balaji at the hospital. Ministers PK Sekar Babu, M Subramanian and Udhayanidhi Stalin are still in the hospital.

According to the doctors, Senthil Balaji complained of chest pain and discomfort and there were variations in his ECG.

When Senthil Balaji was taken in a car probably the one used by the ED officials, initially, it was believed that he was being taken to the ED office in Nungambakkam for further interrogation. But within a few seconds, the situation changed as Balaji was seen screaming in pain holding his chest. He was seen in the very same dress he wore when he returned to his home on Tuesday morning after hearing the news about ED officials were searching his house.

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TN minister Senthil Balaji hospitalised; breaks down after ED arrest under PMLA

It is learnt that while he was being taken into custody at 2 am, the minister complained of chest pain and was taken to the multi-speciality hospital in Omandurar Estate.

CHENNAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after a long session of questioning.

However, the Tamil Nadu minister has been hospitalised in the ICU of a government hospital here early on Wednesday after he complained of uneasiness during ED raids at his premises on June 13.

Initially, Senthil Balaji was taken into custody by the ED after 18 hours of questioning by the Central agency. It is learnt that while he was being taken into custody at 2 am, the minister complained of chest pain and was taken to the multi-speciality hospital in Omandurar Estate. TV visuals showed Balaji being uneasy while being brought to the hospital in the wee hours of this morning.

The arrest sparked concern in the DMK camp as ministers, PK Sekar Babu, and Udayanidi Stalin rushed to the hospital to meet the minister. Sekar Babu claimed there were 'symptoms' Balaji has been 'tortured.'

After visiting Senthil Balaji at the hospital, HR and CE minister Sekar Babu said that the electricity minister was unconscious. "He didn't respond despite calling his name several times. There is swelling on his leg. The state he was brought to the hospital shows there are human rights violations," Sekar Babu said.

He also alleged that the enforcement directorate, CBI and the income tax department are acting at the behest of the central government against those opposing the bad politics of the central government.

"Several leaders, including chief ministers of other states and the parliamentary opposition leader, condemning the union government shows there is opposition centrally. DMK government, led by MK Stalin, will face the problem legally. More than a minister, Senthil Balaji is a DMK worker. The CM will fight for every DMK worker to save him and all actions will be taken based on his guidance," the DMK minister told media persons.

Law minister S Reghupathy, who visited the hospital, also said there was no clarity if Balaji has been arrested. He questioned the need for the ED raids at Balaji's house running non-stop for hours.

DMK advocates, who visited the hospital, demanded the ED officially make it clear immediately whether Balaji has been arrested or not.

Meanwhile, V Ananda Kumar, the nodal officer at the Omandurar hospital, said that Senthil Balaji is being treated for blood pressure and variations in the ECG and added that there were no external injuries to the Electricity Minister. "After Covid-19, several patients come with the complaint and there is a standard operating procedure for such cases. While we are investigating if he has been tortured, there are no external injuries," he added.

The arrest comes after Supreme Court had last month allowed police and ED to probe into an alleged cash-for-jobs scam against Balaji, who also holds the Prohibition and Excise portfolio.

Senthil Balaji was the transport minister in the AIADMK government, led by the late J Jayalalithaa, during the period 2011-15.

There were complaints against him, in which it was alleged he had received huge amounts as bribes from various persons for appointing them as drivers and conductors in the transport corporation.

The ED conducted the searches under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Last month, the Income Tax department too had searched Balaji's close aides in the state.

The searches are also happening in the wake of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit on Sunday. The visit was marred by controversy when street lights went off outside Chennai airport. Balaji has termed it accidental.

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Tamil Nadu temple elephant gets bathing pool worth Rs 50 lakh | India News

COIMBATORE: The Tamil Nadu minister for the Hindu religious and charitable endowment department, PK Sekar Babu, on Tuesday inaugurated a bathing pool for Perur Pateeswarar temple elephant, Kalyani.The pool, which is 10 metres long and 1.8m deep, was constructed at a cost of Rs 50 lakh. The project to build 10 such pools was announced in the 2022-23 budget. “A 12.4m long ramp was also erected to…

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Chennai Chess Marathon was organized to bring Chess Olympiad to the masses. Ministers Meyyanathan, M. Subramanian and Sekar Babu were present. #ChessChennai2022 (at Manaparai, Tamil Nadu, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgjxzfkv6qT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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இனி கோயில்களில் தமிழில் மட்டுமே அர்ச்சனை - முதலமைச்சர் மு.க ஸ்டாலின் | Archana in Tamil in temples

இனி கோயில்களில் தமிழில் மட்டுமே அர்ச்சனை – முதலமைச்சர் மு.க ஸ்டாலின் | Archana in Tamil in temples

அன்னை தமிழில் அர்ச்சனை திட்டத்தின் கீழ் கோயில்களில் வைக்கப்படும் பெயர் பலகையை முதலமைச்சர் மு க ஸ்டாலின் வெளியிட்டார். தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள கோயில்களில் வெள்ளிக்கிழமை முதல் தமிழில் அர்ச்சனை செய்யப்பட உள்ளது. இத்திட்டத்தின் முதற்கட்டமாக 47 கோவில்கள் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டு தமிழில் அர்ச்சனை என விளம்பரப் பலகைகள் வைக்கப் படுகின்றன. அதில் அர்ச்சகர் பெயர் மற்றும் தொலைபேசி எண்கள் இடம் பெற்றிருக்கும். சென்னை…

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#KolathurVisit தலைவர் @mkstalin அவர்கள், பல்வேறு பள்ளிகளில் விளையாட்டு திடல் மேம்படுத்துதல், கூடுதல் வகுப்பறைகள் கட்ட அடிக்கல் நாட்டி, கட்டி முடிக்கப்பட்ட ஆரம்ப சுகாதாரமையம் கூடுதல் கட்டிடம், RO plant-ஐ திறந்து வைத்து, மாணவர்கள், ஆசிரியர்கள், மருத்துவர்களுக்கு சிறப்பு செய்தார்.

#KolathurVisit Thalaivar @mkstalin made improvements to the playground in various schools, laid the foundation stone for additional classrooms, opened the completed primary health center additional building, RO plant and gave gifts to students, teachers and doctors.

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Latest News Today - Tamil Nadu Minister Ticks Off North Indian Residents,

Latest News Today – Tamil Nadu Minister Ticks Off North Indian Residents,

The minister’s remarks came in for strong criticism from BJP and some social media users. Chennai: Taking a dig at north Indian residents, Minister PK Sekar Babu on Wednesday said over the years, including the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, they have not voted for the DMK. The party’s elected representatives, however, have worked for them and would continue to do so as it considered them as…

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Tamil Nadu Minister Ticks Off North Indian Residents, Says They Didn't Vote For DMK: Report

Tamil Nadu Minister Ticks Off North Indian Residents, Says They Didn’t Vote For DMK: Report

The minister’s remarks came in for strong criticism from BJP and some social media users. Chennai: Taking a dig at north Indian residents, Minister PK Sekar Babu on Wednesday said over the years, including the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, they have not voted for the DMK. The party’s elected representatives, however, have worked for them and would continue to do so as it considered them as…

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சேகர்பாபு மகள் கதறல் | Minister Sekar Babu Daughter issue Latest | sekar...

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Arulnithi's Diary gets a release date- Cinema express

Arulnithi’s Diary gets a release date- Cinema express

Diary, the upcoming film starring Arulnithi in the lead role, is set to hit the big screens on August 26, the makers announced on social media on Monday. Diary is directed by debutant Innisai Pandiyan and backed by S Kathiresan under Five Star Creations banner, with Sekar Babu co-producing it. SAVE. THE. DATE.#Diary in cinemas on 26 august.@arulnithitamil @kathiresan_offl @udhaystalin…

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On behalf of Mother Teresa Charitable Trust, Founder Dr.G.K. Dhas, Trustee Mr. A. Xavier and Mother Teresa Auto Driver’s Welfare Association State President Mr. G. Karunanidhi along with Mr.Rajan met the Honorable Minister for Hindu Religious Endowment Shri. Sekar Babu at his residence.

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WOMEN TRAINED in ‘Agama Sastra’ – the manual for worship and rituals at temples – can be appointed as temple priests, Tamil Nadu minister in charge of Hindu temples’ administration Sekar Babu said on Sunday, a day after his remarks on opening temple doors to women priests triggered debates in the state.

The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister told The Indian Expressthat there was no prior discussions on this at the government level but they would consider it and make all arrangements if women trained in Agama Sastra want to take up the role of temple priests.

“When media persons asked me [on Saturday] whether women will be allowed to take up the role of temple priests, I said those who are trained in Agama Sastra will be allowed. If there are requests or grievances from women who would love to take up the role of temple priests, we will definitely consider them. The criteria would be their expertise in Agama tradition. If there are such requests, they may be given necessary training and interviewed before we absorb them,” Babu told The Indian Express.

While neighbouring Kerala too was not known for any such formal government move to allow women priests for gender equality, both Tamil Nadu and Kerala have many temples – especially subcultural deities – with women priests.

When asked about the social acceptance to such an idea, Babu said they would be considering all those aspects and other practical aspects as well, including “five-day leave for women” to stay away from rituals during menstruation.

In 2008, the Madras High Court had in an order allowed a women priest to conduct pujas in a temple after her father, a priest, died.

The order, which was lauded by many, including the then chief minister M Karunanidhi in his speech in the assembly, was based on a petition filed by Pinniyakkal, a woman priest, following the death of her father Pinnathevar, who used to perform pujas at the Arulmigu Durgai Amman Kovil in a Madurai village.

Although her father died in 2006, Pinniyakkal had been performing pujas and other rituals from 2004 as he was sick. After his death, she was stopped from functioning as the priest by the villagers following an objection from an individual who staked his claim to be the hereditary priest. After she approached it, the High Court observed that “neither any provisions of law nor any scheme prohibits women performing pujas in the said temple”. The court said the argument that only a male member can be the priest has no legal or factual basis. “It is ironic that when the presiding deity of the temple was an “Amman” in a female form, objections were being raised against a woman in performing pujas in such temples,” Justice K Chandru said in his order.

Justice Chandru, who is now retired, said allowing women priests in Tamil Nadu would not be a tough task as there is no ban for women in non-Agama temples. “Majority temples here are non-Agamas. Except those established in very older periods as per the Agama Sastra, smaller temples established in the past few hundred years are not Agama temples although they may be taking guidance from bigger temples,” he said.

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கோவில்களில் புதிய கட்டுப்பாடு - தமிழ்நாட்டில் கொரோனா அதிகரிப்பு எதிரொலி |New control in temples Tamil Nadu

கோவில்களில் புதிய கட்டுப்பாடு – தமிழ்நாட்டில் கொரோனா அதிகரிப்பு எதிரொலி |New control in temples Tamil Nadu

தமிழ்நாட்டில் மூன்றாவது அலையை தடுக்கவும் மக்களின் உயிர் முக்கியம் என்ற அடிப்படையிலும் கோவில்களில் கட்டுப்பாடுகள் விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாக இந்து சமய அறநிலையத்துறை அமைச்சர் சேகர்பாபு தெரிவித்துள்ளார். தமிழ்நாட்டில் கொரோனா பாதிப்பு மேலும் அதிகரிக்க தொடங்கி உள்ள நிலையில் ஆடி மாதத்தில் கோவில்களில் குவியும் பக்தர்களின் எண்ணிக்கையும் அதிகரித்துள்ளது. ஆனால் நோய்த்தொற்று மேலும் பரவாமல் தடுக்க கோவில்களில்…