Madras High Court: Mobile Phones Banned in Tamil Nadu’s Temples

Madras High Court: Mobile Phones Banned in Tamil Nadu’s Temples- The Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench has ruled that visitors to Tamil Nadu temples are not allowed to bring cell phones inside. The Division Bench of Justice R. Mahadevan and J Sathya Narayana Prasad held that the gadgets divert the attention of the devotees from the purpose of visiting the temple.

The Tamil Nadu Temple Entry Authorization Act 1947, and the Rules empower the trustees or any authority in charge of the temple to make regulations for the maintenance of order and decorum in the temple.

January 2023 Current Affairs Quiz

Madras High Court: Mobile Phones Banned in Tamil Nadu’s Temples- Key Points

• The court mentioned that famed temples had banned mobile phones. These temples include the Meenakshi Sundareshwara Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, the Sri Venkateshwara Temple in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, and the Sri Krishna Temple in Guruvayur, Kerala.
• The temple will have security counters to deposit mobile phones before entering the temple premises.
• The judges have passed the order prohibiting the carrying of mobile phones in temples while hearing a petition praying to take effective measures to prohibit mobile phone usage inside the Subramaniya Swamy Temple in Coastal Tiruchendur.
• The Judges have informed us that temples are great institutions and they have traditionally been central to everyone’s life.
• The Temples are not only a place of worship but also an integral part of the sociocultural and economic life of people.