more-in Principal District Judge A. Nazeema Banu and Chief Judicial Magistrate L.S. Sathyamoorthy inspected basic infrastructure at Subramaniyaswamy Temple at Tirupparankundram near here on Thursday. The judicial officers went around the temple complex which spreads on a five-acre land. During inspection, the officials raised concern over the poor state of the temple tank, Lakshmi Theertham. Interaction with temple officials revealed that the tank was last desilted at least 10 years back. The tank required immediate attention and should be desilted to make it clean though it had rain harvesting facility, the CJM told the officials. Later, they inspected the annadhanam hall, prasadam stalls and also enquired about the close circuit television camera network in the temple. The officers found that there was no drinking water facility at the entrance of the temple. The officials were also not impressed with cleanliness of toilets. They saw the temple elephant Deivanai kept in a small shed without proper ventilation. The PDJ suggested that the elephant be provided a spacious shed with natural lighting and circulation of air. After inspecting the rear side of the temple, where about 200 peafowl, including the white peacock, used to visit. The devotees complained that lack of maintenance of the open space had led to a decline in number of peafowl coming to the area.

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