HC orders inspection of Kinnimangalam mutt

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the State Department of Archaeology and Tamil University, Thanjavur, to conduct a joint inspection of Ekanathan Mutt in Kinnimangalam near Madurai on a public interest litigation petition that said that Tamil inscriptions said to be over 2,000 years old were found at the site. Hearing the PIL petition filed by M. Arulanandam of Madurai, a Division Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and S. Ananthi also directed Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department to form a committee, inspect the place and file a report. The petitioner said that art historian K.T. Gandhirajan had found the inscriptions last year.