Varadaraja Perumal Temple

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday denied that a stampede at the Kancheepuram temple led to the death of four devotees, claiming that the victims, including two women, died due to pre-existing health conditions.

A local court in Puducherry today warned that it would issue arrest warrants if all the 23 accused, including two seers of the Kanchi Mutt, in the Sankararaman murder case failed to appear before it for the next hearing on August 12.

Tension prevailed in Kancheepuram on Monday after one of the famous temples, the Varadaraja Perumal Temple, in the town received a bomb threat that later turned out to be hoax.

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday denied that a stampede at the Kancheepuram temple led to the death of four devotees, claiming that the victims, including two women, died due to pre-existing health conditions.

A local court in Puducherry today warned that it would issue arrest warrants if all the 23 accused, including two seers of the Kanchi Mutt, in the Sankararaman murder case failed to appear before it for the next hearing on August 12.

Tension prevailed in Kancheepuram on Monday after one of the famous temples, the Varadaraja Perumal Temple, in the town received a bomb threat that later turned out to be hoax.