creative and dressed the goddess in salwar-kameez with dupatta priest sacked
The priest got creative and dressed the goddess in salwar-kameez with dupatta instead of the saree.
In a strange series of events, the temple priest from Mayiladuthurai’s Mayuranathaswami temple has been removed from service following a WhatsApp photo that went viral.
Speaking to TNM, temple manager Ganeshan says that temple authorities immediately decided to remove the said priest and his father from service.
The deity is adorned with sandalwood paste (sandhanakaapu) on Fridays. Only this time, going against the traditional saree, Raj decided to dress the goddess in salwar-kameez-dupatta, “The priest made a different pattern with the glitter paper used generally to dress her in a saree,” explains Ganeshan.
He added that without realising their "mistake", the duo had also captu...









