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TIRUVANNAMALAI: Residents of Hariharapakkam panchayat near Cheyyar are all set to construct a 'Caste wall' to keep away dalits of Namandi from the century-old temple in the village. Vanniyars have been blocking dalits' entry into the temple for long.After weathering legal tangles and political pressures, revenue officials took a group of 50 to 60 dalits into the temple on October 25 last year. "If the intentions are good, villagers can construct a compound wall for the temple. "The vanniyars have decided to build the wall at one side of the temple only. The vanniyars in our panchayat also support their community people in Hariharapakkam," said a dalit youth.Now, they have planned to construct a wall between the temple and the dalit colony..