Melukote: Ending the 52-year-long legal battle over the “Naama” that will adorn the Chikka Gopura (small dome) of the famed Sri Yoganarasimhaswamy Hill temple at Melukote in Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district, the Pandavapura JMFC Court has ordered that the temple be adorned with ‘Tengalenaama’ (see ‘naama’ inside circle in pic.).
The row began when as per the then Tahsildar’s order, the ‘Tengalenaama’ of the temple was replaced with ‘Vadagalenaama’ during the temple renovation held in 1972, following which a row erupted. Later, the matter came up before the Karnataka High Court in 1973, following which the HC directed that the dispute be resolved at Pandavapura Junior Civil Court.
