One-day Hunger Protest Call by
Virugambakkam Mettukulam Retrieving Committee at Chennai
Virugambakkam
Mettukulam Retrieving Committee, Chennai has called for a one-day Hunger
Protest on 8th May 2013 at Valluvar Kottam, Chennai. The Committee has placed a demand to retrieve
the temple land under survey no.222/3 from the illegal possessors of the land today. The facts are given here:
Sundara
Varadaraja Perumal temple at Virugambakkam is a 1000 year old temple which was
in a dilapidated state. The temple has
vast property which is now shrunk due to encroachments. According to temple records, the place was
known in days of yore as ‘Seerani Virugambakkam in Puliyur Kottam of Thondai
Naadu”. The area ‘mettukulam’ is gifted by Sunguvar Chattiram Brahmins as water
subsidy to the temple. Under the
leadership of Sri Duraishankar, the temple was re-built. Then the temple was taken over by HR&CE
Department. Suddenly, Muslims of the
locality proposed to construct a mosque near the temple land with the support given by the then Congress
MLA J M Haroon. The Collector Office has
displayed the notice calling for any objection to this proposal. Hindu Munnani objected for this
proposal. All party protest was called
for and the DRO interrogated the case.
At the end, it is agreed that the land cannot be given to Muslims. Many persons started to claim the land
showing illegal patta documents. Enquiry
has been called for. The Office bearers of Hindu Munnani filed a PIL in High
Court. Accordingly, status quo is
maintained now and interim judgement has been given. Petition has been given to the Chief Minister
for necessary action.
Hindu
Munnani, on verification found that in records (A Register), the disputed land
belongs to the temple which is recorded in 1910. Correspondence with the temple
authorities over decades also reveal the fact that the land belongs to the
temple only.
V
G Kumar will be presiding the Hunger Protest along with Smt. D Alamelu. Sri Ramagopalan, Hindu Munnani, Smt.
Thamizhisai Soundarrajan, All India Executive Secretary, BJP, Sri
Pon.Radhakrishnan, State President BJP, Sri Durai Shankar, City President of
RSS, Sri A T Elangovan, City Secretary of Hindu Munnani will participate in the
protest.
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