CHENNAI: Madras high court has directed that temple authorities should ensure only devotional songs are played by the orchestra during temple festivals.
“During any temple festival, if an orchestra is arranged on behalf of the temple authorities and the same is done within the precincts of the temple, care must be taken to render only devotional songs and not non-devotional songs,” Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy said.
The court passed the order on a plea moved by Venkatesh Sowrirajan of Puducherry, seeking direction to authorities of Veezhi Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Tirumalairayan Pattinam not to conduct or provide permission for conducting any events involving the singing of cinema songs, dancing to such cinema songs, or any non-religious or non-devotional events on any day inside the premises of the temple.
When the plea came up for hearing, the court observed that it is not appropriate to sing those (film) songs, especially when the orchestra is happening inside the Shri Veezhi Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Tirumalairayan Pattinam, Puducherry.