Kaniyur residents contest HR&CE Dept.’s claim on land

Residents of Kaniyur village near Sulur petitioned the Joint Commissioner (Coimbatore Zone) of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department challenging the declaration of 8

Residents of Kaniyur village near Sulur petitioned the Joint Commissioner (Coimbatore Zone) of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department challenging the declaration of 8.43 acres of land in the village as temple land.

According to B. Kannan, a Kaniyur resident who led around 60 residents to the HR&CE Joint Commissioner’s office in Coimbatore on Friday, the HR&CE Department had stated that the land with survey number 235 was the property of Karivaradharaja Perumal Anumandhraya Swamy Temple in Kaniyur. Around 60 houses have been built on this land, where residents have been living for over three decades, he said.