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Kerala High Court upholds caste barrier for appointment as Melshanthi of Sabarimala temple
The Court upheld a notification issued by the Travancore Devaswom Board which restricts the selection of the high priest post to persons from the Malayala Brahmin community.
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a batch of petitions challenging a notification issued by the Travancore Devaswom Board mandating that a candidate applying for the post of Melshanthi (high priest) of the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple should be from the Malayala Brahmin community [Vishnunarayanan v. The Secretary].