Madras HC affirms that faith transcends caste, ordering temple car to pass through Scheduled Caste areas, promoting equality in worship.
Observing that faith cannot be fenced by caste or creed and divinity cannot be confined by human prejudice, the Madras High Court has ordered a temple car to be drawn through Scheduled Caste (SC) habitations too, at Puthagaram village in Kancheepuram district.
Justice P.B. Balaji refused to accept the argument made on behalf of a section of caste Hindus that there was no necessity to deviate from the temple car route, being followed for decades, and suddenly draw the car through a new route.
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