Temple workers urge govt to create posts in temples

Representatives of Tamil Nadu Temples Sripadham Thaangi Welfare Association, have urged the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department to appoint a certain number of Sripadham as temple staf

Representatives of Tamil Nadu Temples Sripadham Thaangi Welfare Association, have urged the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department to appoint a certain number of Sripadham as temple staff. Shankar, president of the association for the welfare of those who carry the idols of deities of temples during processions, said that the department had created and appointed people for the post of Sripadham Thaangi at the Sriranganathar Temple in Srirangam. "We are very much a part of the functioning of any temple. Many of us have been serving the deities for generations now. The payment that we get as part of the contract is very poor in many temples unless donors willingly give some additional payment. In some temples for one procession some ten of us get ₹120 totally," he said.