However, Kuppu Ram, the RSS Ramanathapuram district president, is adamant, demanding that the temple authorities conduct the pooja immediately “to cleanse” the premises. “Persons from other community cannot enter the garba graham. This is the rule laid down by the Government and there is a board which says so inside the temple premises. While the Nepal Royal family is permitted to visit the sanctum sanctorum, a purification ceremony by splashing saffron water in the temple premises is always conducted after their visit. President Kalam always respected Hindu sentiments by not entering the sanctum sanctorum,” he said.
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