{"id":6487,"date":"2018-02-06T05:42:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T05:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodanki.in\/?p=6487"},"modified":"2018-02-06T05:43:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T05:43:43","slug":"dress-code-goddess-tn-priest-sacked-dressing-idol-salwar-kameez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodanki.in\/?p=6487","title":{"rendered":"creative and dressed the goddess in salwar-kameez with dupatta priest sacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6488\" src=\"https:\/\/kodanki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AbhayambalDeitySalwar-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kodanki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AbhayambalDeitySalwar-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kodanki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AbhayambalDeitySalwar.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The priest got creative and dressed the goddess in salwar-kameez with dupatta instead of the saree.<\/p>\n<p>In a strange series of events, the temple priest from Mayiladuthurai\u2019s Mayuranathaswami temple has been removed from service following a WhatsApp photo that went viral.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to TNM, temple manager Ganeshan says that temple authorities immediately decided to remove the said priest and his father from service.<\/p>\n<p>The deity\u00a0is 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, \u201cThe priest made a different pattern with the glitter paper used generally to dress her in a saree,\u201d explains Ganeshan.<\/p>\n<p>He added that without realising their &#8220;mistake&#8221;, the duo had also captured an image of the deity to be later shared on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>Raj joined the temple to assist his father who&#8217;d been working for a while as the priest. On\u00a0Friday, he\u00a0dressed the deity in a pink kameez and blue salwar with a blue dupatta.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to expel was expedited by the Thiruvadheenam Aadheenam (Mutt) that also has about 27 other temples under its administrative control in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n<p>It is, however, not uncommon for temple priests to get creative with such decors. In January last year, following New Year celebrations, a small temple in Coimbatore district had decorated its deity with new Rs 2000 notes.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report\u00a0the intention behind the idea was to appeal to the deity to prevent a cash crunch cash crunch. It is to be noted that this offering was performed after the Indian government announced demonetisation in November 2016.<\/p>\n<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 362<\/span><span class='epvc-label'> Views<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-slider","category-world-news","category-27"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>creative and dressed the goddess in salwar-kameez with dupatta priest sacked &#8226; - Tamil Cinema News Latest Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kodanki.in\/?p=6487\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ta_IN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"creative and dressed the goddess in salwar-kameez with dupatta priest sacked &#8226; - Tamil Cinema News Latest Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The priest got creative and dressed the goddess in salwar-kameez with dupatta instead of the saree. 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