NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 14, 2006: Non-Brahmins will now have to wait a while longer before they can apply for the job of a priest in temples in Tamil Nadu. The Supreme Court has put a stay on an ordinance passed by the Tamil Nadu government in July, which stated that anybody who was a Hindu could become a priest in Tamil Nadu’s temples. The Court was hearing two petitions against that ordinance filed by priests from Madurai and Trichy. The apex court has also issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government.
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