The Tamil Nadu state government asked 47 temples to donate total of rupees 10 crores to the CM Relief Fund to fight Chinese coronavirus. But on the other hand, no such circular was made to other religions and in fact recently the state government had ordered the distribution of 5,450 tonnes of free rice to 2,985 mosques of the state ocosting about Rs 11 crore. News source: OpIndia,
It should be noted that most big Hindu temples are already under state governments control through temple trusts and govt collects huge revenue from the donations made at the temple. The donation money could be used for propagation of Hindus' Sanatan dharma. And it is not so for other religions.
The matter was taken the court and the Madras High Court found it "not legally tenable". After that, the Department’s issued a fresh circular immediately withdrawing its 22 April order.
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