The Kerala High Court on Tuesday said flex boards praising or congratulating the state government and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) are not permitted in temples as devotees go there to see God and not the faces of the CM, MLA or Board members.The ruling by a bench of Justices Anil K Narendran and Muralee Krishna S came during a hearing of a plea initiated by the High Court on its own based on a complaint against a flex board put up at the Thuravoor Mahakshetram (temple) near Cherthala in Alappuzha district of the state.
The bench said that the flex board, carrying photographs of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, state Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan, the TDB president and the MLA of the constituency, congratulated the LDF and the Board for permitting ‘annadanam’ for Sabarimala pilgrims during the ongoing Mandalakala-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season.