{"id":3823,"date":"2009-09-14T18:08:14","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T13:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=3823"},"modified":"2009-09-14T18:08:14","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T13:08:14","slug":"court-orders-up-govt-to-take-over-vindhyachal-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-orders-up-govt-to-take-over-vindhyachal-temple","title":{"rendered":"Court orders UP govt to take over Vindhyachal Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mirzapur court (UP) has ordered the UP government to take over the management of the world famous Vindhyavasini Temple at Vindhyachal &#8212; an order which has sent the all powerful &#8216;pandas&#8217; (local priests) into a tizzy.<\/p>\n<p>Devotees, though, have welcomed the court decision, and are relieved that &#8216;panda cult&#8217; would go away.<\/p>\n<p>Civil judge in Mirzapur, Ramesh Kumar Yadav, on Thursday directed the state chief Secretary to complete the formalities for taking over the functioning of the temple within a month, and issue necessary instructions in this regard to the district magistrate of Mirzapur.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict was delivered by the court in continuation with a Civil Judge&#8217;s 14-page order in a civil suit pertaining to management of the temple between the priests of temple and another party represented by Vedanti Prasad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mirzapur court (UP) has ordered the UP government to take over the management of the world famous Vindhyavasini Temple at Vindhyachal &#8212; an order which has sent the all powerful &#8216;pandas&#8217; (local priests) into a tizzy. 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