Irked devotees of Kukke Subramanya temple call 'bandh' over notice from Shri Narasimha Math Swamiji
Shri Narasimha Math Swamiji has sought the administration of temple to be transferred to the Math
Subrahmanya: The local devotees of Kukke Subramanya temple have called for bandh in the town to protest against a notice issued by Shri Narasimha Math Swamiji.
In the notice, the swamiji has urged the officials of the temple to handover the possession and administration including accounts and all the affairs of the temple to the Shri Narasimha Math from Muzrai department.
The temple is currently being administered in the ‘A’ grade of Muzrai department.
Irked devotees of the temple had called for peaceful bandh on Thursday to show their dissent and disapproval to the notice.
Security across the town was beefed up in the wake of the bandh. Some of the shops in the temple’s vicinity remained closed while few shops were seen opened at different parts of the town.
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Death toll in Mundathikode fireworks explosion rises to 16
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
