THRISSUR: The Irinjalakuda Koodalmanikyam temple ... to devotees visiting the temple for decades. “None of us has any grudge ...

B.A. Balu, whose appointment as a ‘kazhakam’ worker at the Koodalmanikyam Temple, Irinjalakuda ... had boycotted me until I was assigned new duties,” Mr. Balu said, emphasising that the ...

THRISSUR: The Irinjalakuda Koodalmanikyam temple ... to devotees visiting the temple for decades. “None of us has any grudge towards the new recruit. The dispute is not over his caste.

Balu resigned citing personal and health reasons, although sources suggest the real cause was caste discrimination.

The man was appointed to perform “kazhagam” duties at the famed Koodalmanikyam temple ... other ceremonial roles inside the temple (File photo) Balu, a resident of Aryanad in ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The government does not accept the redeployment of a non-Brahmin Kazhakam staffer at the Koodalmanikyam temple, Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan told the assembly on Monday.

The controversy over a ‘Kazhakam’ staffer at the Koodalmanikyam temple allegedly facing caste ... had boycotted me until I was assigned new duties in the work arrangement.

Thiruvananthapuram native Balu B A, who was appointed by the Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board (KDRB) as 'Kazhakam' at the Koodalmanikyam temple situated at Irinjalakuda in Thrissur district ...