The Hindu seer also condemned the Mayiladuthurai district administration's decision to ban the 'Pattina Pravesam' ritual saying that the ritual is a 500-year-old tradition and attacks on traditions of a particular religion in this manner are not fair.
The treasure room or Ratna Bhandar of the Jagannath Temple has 2 chambers. The outer chamber is regularly opened and ornaments are used to adorn the Gods, but the inner chamber has not been opened in decades and no one knows where are the keys.
Responding to the plea, Shri Vishwaprasanna Teertha Swamiji reportedly acknowledged that peace and harmonious coexistence are very much necessary for a society to have a conducive atmosphere and that no one section of the society can achieve this objective.
2012 Government figures show that over 438 temples in the valley, around 2018 had been damaged over the years. 57 temples were vandalised in Srinagar alone, while 56 faced damage in the Anantnag district.