The sacred head anointing ceremony of the world's tallest monolithic statue of Lord Bahubali on Vindhyagiri hills, started with much pomp and religious fervour.
An application in this regard will be moved before Kanchipuram First Class Judicial Magistrate G Uttamarjan when the senior pontiff is produced before the court, mutt officials said.
Kanchi Shankaracharya was produced before a magistrate in Kancheepuram on Friday and was remanded in judicial custody\n
. Jayendra also offered 'arthi' to the idol of Adi Sankara, Mutt sources said.
Official sources did not specify the type of slaughterhouses which will be shut.
In his application, the seer apprehended that he would be 'maliciously' and 'falsely' named in the case with an 'ulterior motive'.
Earlier in the day, the magistrate had extended the judicial remand of Ravi Subramaniam, who had turned approver in the case, till February 3.
The killer had first strangled the 40-year-old official, hacked his forehead with a sharp object and then thrust a knife on the neck.
Meanwhile, the Chengalpattu sessions court adjourned the hearing on Vijayendra's bail plea to January 25 following a request from the prosecution.
Shankaracharya's counsel objected to the petition saying no one except him has been authorised to file the petition on behalf of the mutt and the Shankaracharya.
This one relates to an attack on a former official of the Kanchi Mutt, G Radhakrishnan, and two others in September 2002.
The Kanchi seer should resign to protect the respect and dignity of the post occupied by him, he said.
The arrest follows investigation into the murder of Sankararaman, who had once managed the accounts of the Mutt.
They have been booked under Section 20(1) of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act for "contravention in relation to canabis plant and canabis."
Since Justice G T Nanavati submitted report to Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil in New Delhi on Wednesday, the Sikh community and opposition parties have been demanding that it be made public.
The world famous monument has recently been in the crosshairs of controversy.
Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati on Thursday filed another petition in the Supreme Court seeking bail in a attempt-to-murder case.
The seer is charged with having a role in the murder of a Kanchipuram temple official A Sankararaman.
Counting of votes will take place on May 15.
The Judge directed Public Prosecutor Duraisamy to inform the court the government's stand by 1500 IST on Friday and file his counter.
The bail petitions of Appu, Kadiravan, Anil and Bhasker have been dismissed. They will also be present on Thursday at the Chengalpattu court.
"The swamiji is of the view that only a CBI probe can help get to the truth and ensure justice."
Veteran journalist Cho Ramaswamy says the Tamil Nadu police wouldn't have acted without solid evidence against the seer.
The 10-day long event, called Mahamaham, will take place in Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu.
He has engagements in Mysore, Pahalgaon and Ahmedabad.
Adityanath also asked the the staff to make the atmosphere in the building healthy and clean by avoiding the use plastic.
In an interview to Washington Post the Pakistani president indicated that he may renege on his pledge to step down as army chief.
The official said the organisation, composed of people drawn from Hindu right groups, had around 60 members spread across at least five states but had no name.
'The irresistible charm of Indian politics is it can always throw up surprises -- even when it looks as predictable as in Tamil Nadu,' discovers Shekhar Gupta.
'It will be a grand alliance where they could get the Muslims, Dalits and Yadavs in one camp and pose a serious challenge to whatever the BJP might conjure up in the run-up to the 2019 election.'
Both West Bengal and Odisha are slugging it out for getting the GI tag for the delicious sweet
Mayawati and Akhilesh, who contested the recent UP bypolls together, will campaign separately for their parties.
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The term of the 224-member Karnataka assembly ends on May 28 this year.
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