TNPSC Thervupettagam

Archakas of all castes get appointed

August 17 , 2021 1198 days 2155 0
  • DMK government appointed 24 trained 'archakas' of various communities as priests in shrines.
  • The State already has two non-Brahmin archakas in temples run by the Department of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments.
  • The first priest, Marisamy, was appointed in 2018 to an Ayyappan temple in Madurai.
  • Second, Thyagarajan, to a Ganesha temple in Madurai in 2020.
  • Now, Suhanjana Gopinath has been appointed as ‘Odhuvar’ at the Dhenupureeswarar temple in Chennai.
  • She became the first woman Othuvar in Tamil Nadu.

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