TIRUCHY: Tension prevailed at Chinna Vadugapatti in Karur after the HR and CE officials attempted to seal houses constructed on land belonging to Vennaimalai Arulmigu Balasubramanian Swamy temple, and over 400 residents, along with Karur MP, former minister and DMK, Congress and PMK functionaries, were arrested for protesting against the sealing of houses on Thursday.

Residents of Chinna Vadugapatti in Karur had been living on 560 acres of temple land purchased through the revenue department since 1962, and they had also obtained pattas for the land.

In such a backdrop, the Thiruthondar Trust Founder, Radhakrishnan, filed a public litigation with the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court to retrieve the temple land. The court had recently directed the HR and CE department to retrieve the l

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