![]() Following 2012, when the temple car was constructed, policemen have been posted regularly in the village. ![]() In the year 2015, The Dalit colony's Mariamman temple car festival was planned for August 16. Peace committee meetings were held by the Villupuram district administration, attended by a 100 members from Vanniyar community and 5 members from the Dalit colony, and it was agreed that Dalits will be allowed to conduct the procession. The Dalits threatened to accept Buddhism if they were not permitted to take the car out in 2015. The Dalit community constructed a Mariamman temple in the village and for four years, they were refused permission to conduct a procession by the local administration as it was opposed by the Vanniyars and that it could also cause tensions in the village. The Dalits were denied entry to at least 5 temples controlled by the Vanniyars. In the village, there were 2000 Vanniyar families and 75 Dalit families.
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