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Nirmala Sitharaman alleges temple telecast ban in Tamil Nadu, DMK government hits back

IndiaTimes Sunday, 21 January 2024
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday reacted strongly to a report in a Tamil newspaper that the Tamil Nadu government had banned special poojas in temples in the state managed by the Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department during the 'pran pratishtha' (consecration) of Sri Ram Lalla at the Ayodhya temple on Monday.
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