TV9 - Maragatha lingam Missing In Madurai Mutt : "Maragatha Lingam" - Part 2....!<br /><br />A PIL filed in the Madras high court wants the Tamil Nadu government to take interim custody of the Madurai Adheenam and probe and recover a priceless emerald lingam that had gone missing from the mutt.<br /><br />It also wanted the court to direct the freezing of bank accounts of the mutt and police protection for devotees to ensure they had a free and peaceful puja at the mutt. The PIL was filed by M Jagathalapradapan before a division bench of Justice R Banumathi and Justice B Rajendran at Madurai on Tuesday. It will come up for admission on Friday.<br />The PIL submitted that ever since a junior adheenam was anointed for Madurai Adheenam several unwanted things started happening at the mutt, where puja and other religious works had taken a back seat. It said Nityananda and his associates had moved to Madurai after some controversies at their Bidadhi ashram in Karnataka.<br /><br />The PIL said that under the guise of modernization of the mutt, several valuable, historic symbols, seals and portraits from the 1,500-year-old Adheenam had been taken away. "It is painful to submit that a maragatha (emerald) Lingam worth several crores of rupeesis missing from the mutt," it said, adding that no complaints had been made about the loss.<br /><br />Outlining the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department's jurisdiction over the mutt the PIL wanted the government to take a suitable action.
