Sadhguru asks for temples to be released from state control in Tamil Nadu

11,999 temples are dying without a single pooja taking place, he said

In a bid to release temples from state control in Tamil Nadu, Sadhguru requested Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and DMK supremo MK Stalin on Twitter.

“11,999 temples dying without a single pooja taking place. 34,000 temples struggling with less than Rs 10,000 a year. 37,000 temples have just one person for pooja, maintenance,security etc! Leave temples to devotees”, the Tweet said.

Another Tweet by him read, “The Alvars established a sense of passionate Worshipfulness in this land, unique to Tamil culture. State interference is trampling on & suffocating this Uniqueness”.

He said that the current state of temples under state control is similar to the time when the British East India Company captured temples out of greed for land and wealth. He also called for temples to be managed by the community and not the government.