Jaya launches 'Annadhanam' in Tamil Nadu temples

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has launched the extension of the Annadhanam scheme in 206 other temples of the state and distributed worship articles worth £2,44000 to 10,000 shrines. She has also sanctioned the time-pay scale remuneration for 820 personnel working on daily wages and consolidated pay under the scheme in temples. As a token of the launch, she handed over worship articles to five priests and 10,000 tiny shrines in the state, all at a cost of Rs £2,44000. Launched in 2002 in the Sri Kabalishwarar Temple, the Annadhanam Scheme covers over 500 temples, benefiting thousands of devotees every day.