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Chief tantri seeks new managing committee

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Favours the conduct of new Devaprasnam

KOCHI: The row over the Sabarimala Devprasnam took a new turn on Sunday with the chief tantri and others calling for setting up a managing committee to manage the temple's administration in place of the current Devaswom Board.

Chief tantri Kandararu Maheswararu also said that since the recent Devaprasnam was "unwarranted and invalid," he would not the give permission for carrying out the `remedial rituals' for the `flaws' at Sabarimala detected in the Devaprasnam.

If necessary, he told a news conference, another Devaprasnam could be conducted and remedial rituals for the flaws thus detected could be carried out. He favoured a new Devaprasnam and wanted to shelve the findings of the recent one.

Pandalam Palace representative R.R. Varma; president of the Yogakshema Sabha M.V.S. Namboodiri and Chief tantri's grandson Rahul Iswar attended the press conference.

They demanded that the current Devaswom Board committee be sacked and in its place a new managing committee be formed by the court-appointed high-power committee.

The high-power committee, appointed by the High Court in 1990, could be asked to recommend the managing committee.

Mr. Namboodiri contended that the chief tantri was the last word for all ritualistic matters at Sabarimala and it was up to him to decide whether a Devaprasnam was necessary or not. Also, it was up to him to decide whether the remedial rituals need to be carried out or not.

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