Scheme to make the most of cotton dhotis and saris from giant temples launched

Minister for Hindu Spiritual and Charitable Endowments PK Sekarbabu just lately launched a scheme to make the most of extra cotton dhotis and saris in giant temples by distributing them to one-time puja temples and village temples.

Talking at an occasion at Thiruveleeswarar in Padi, he stated the clothes given by devotees to deities at giant temples had been quite a few, and temples had been discovering it tough to retailer them. The identical vasthrams could possibly be utilized by smaller temples for deities.

Within the Chennai circle, 119 small temples got vasthrams to be used for his or her idols, stated a press launch.