madurai the madras high court on thursday sought a response from the state government on a plea which sought not to permit establishment of shops inside two temples in tuticorin districta division bench of justice r mahadevan and justice j sathya narayana prasad was hearing a public interest litigation filed by t vasanthakumar state secretary of the hindu makkal katchi the petitioner stated that sankararameswar temple and vaikuntapathi thirukovil situated in mappillaoorani are nearly 400 years old and managed by the hr and ce department he stated that the temple authorities have issued a notification calling for tenders for setting up shops to sell flowers and prasadams inside both the temples he stated that establishing shops inside the temples would cause congestion and would result in hardships for the devoteesciting an incident of fire accident at the shops which at the meenakshi sundareswarar temple in madurai district the petitioner submitted a representation to the authorities against the setting up of shops since his representation was not considered the petitioner moved the hc madurai bench seeking relief tnn