Originally Posted by geno
Sandeep,
In thamizhnaadu, no temple can openly propagate "untouchability" and if they do that - lakhs of periyarists would immediately launch an agitation and hold meetings in front of thos temples and pressurise the erring persons to reform or deter from "daring" to propagate untouchability.
But yes, there is untouchability in some of the practices of the temples - like only brahmins are allowed to go into sanctum sanctorum of some temples, and some temples can have only brahmins as priests - like that.