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Dalits enter Mariamman temple, offer prayers
P.V. Srividya
SIRKAZHI: Dalits at Maathur village in Semmanarkoil here entered a
Mariamman temple on Monday afternoon.
It was an impromptu move by the district administration after the two
days of unsuccessful peace meetings held between the Caste Hindus and
the Dalits.
The Dalits in the village were not allowed to enter the temple as a
practice. The Democratic Youth Federation of India had inspected the
village in mid- December and filed a memorandum with the district
administration on the prevalence of the practice. Later, CPI (M) had
tentatively proposed a temple entry for December 30.
However, the district administration intervened to hold peace talks,
which were held unsuccessfully since Saturday. On Monday, a peace
committee meeting was held with Caste Hindus and Dalits in the
presence of the Mayiladuturai RDO, Deputy Superintendent of Police,
Sirkazhi, and Tahsildar. The Caste Hindus were made to sign a peace
agreement and it was impromptu decided to lead the Dalits into the
temple immediately.
On hearing the news of their arrival, Caste Hindu people reportedly
locked the doors of the sanctum sanctorum of the temple and left the
village. The locks were later broken in the presence of the RDO to
facilitate the Dalits to offer their prayers.
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