Chennai: “At the Kandha Sashti festival, Tamil should be given the foremost place in all Murugan temples. Special arrangements should be made so that the elderly, pregnant women, and persons with disabilities can have easy darshan,” said Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister Ramesh.
In the order he has issued to the officials regarding this, he has said: In Murugan temples, arrangements should be made on all days of the Kandasashti festival so that devotees can have darshan without having to wait for long periods and without difficulty. Special arrangements should be made so that senior citizens, pregnant women, and persons with disabilities can easily have darshan without having to wait for long periods. Adequate volunteers and temple staff should be appointed to assist them.
On the day of Soorasamharam: In view of the expected crowd of devotees, a detailed crowd management plan should be prepared. Barricades, surveillance cameras, announcement devices, and directional signboards should be installed where necessary.
All temple staff must not speak harshly to devotees or behave inappropriately under any circumstances. In all major Murugan temples, Thiruppugazh, Thirumurai, and Kandha Sashti recitations should be conducted in Tamil with the help of reciters.
Tamil should be given the foremost place in all worship events, pujas, and festival occasions. Arrangements should be made to broadcast Thiruppugazh, Thevaram, Thirumurai, and Murugan devotional songs over the temple loudspeakers. There should be no shortcomings of any kind in the devotees’ convenience, safety, respect, and Tamil-based worship. This is what it said.