![]() ![]() His desire to enter Guruvayur temple, however, remains unaccomplished. He has also visited Sabarimala several times. ![]() He often visits Mookambika temple in Kollur, Karnataka, on his birthday. Yesudas has always had a close association with temples. The singer is planning to go there on the day of Vijayadasami and may recite Padmanabha Sathakam penned by Swathi Thirunal. Now onwards, Yesudas can enter Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple whenever he wishes. This was based on an order issued by the Travancore Devaswom Board in 1952, which stipulates that every non-Hindu who wants to enter the temple has to give such an affidavit. ![]() The committee convened on September 18th to clear his application and approved the request unanimously. To get around the religious injunction, Yesudas had to give a written affidavit to the Devaswom Board, which manages Kerala’s temples, declaring he has been a follower of Hinduism. Yesudas has now been allowed to enter Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, located in Thiruvananthapuram. This time though, there is a twist in the tale. Often, the controversy is stillborn because Yesudas himself refuses to participate in it. The question on whether he should be permitted pops up in Kerala at regular intervals. Ironically, owing to being a Christian by birth, he has not been able to enter temples where non-Hindus are barred. His popularity cuts across all religions and he has sung some of the greatest Hindu devotional tracks in Malayalam. FOR HALF A century, singer KJ Yesudas has been one of the biggest icons of Kerala. ![]()
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