The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the administration and the Chief Priest of Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple to ensure that the Udayasthamana Pooja is carried on Vrishchikam Ekadasi (falling on December 1)itself.

A bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Vijay Bishnoi was hearing the challenge to the Kerala High Court's order passed last year refusing to entertain the dispute over the cancellation of the Udayasthamana Pooja on Vrishchikam Ekadasi by the Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple.

The High Court had upheld the decision of the temple administration to cancel the pooja on the date of Ekadashi due to crowd management concerns.

The Supreme Court, as an interim order, has directed the Devaswom (the temple administrative body) and Thantri (Chief Priest) to conduct and perform the p

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