The Tamil Nadu Government's long-drawn effort to acquire the temple lands to allegedly hand it over to the squatters has been impeded by the Madras High Court.
The Kerala High Court while hearing the petition today asked whether the land belongs to the government or the Devaswom board. The government has been given 10 days time to respond to this.
Four decades ago, the Christian organisations had made a similar attempt to grab the Sabarimala lands in Nilakkal by claiming that they had unearthed a stone cross established by Jesus' apostle Saint Thomas in 57 A.D.
Four people, including the BJP booth president, were injured in the incident in Kurdaspara which falls under the jurisdiction of Fakharpur Police station in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district.