'Have we become untouchables?': Woman alleges caste discrimination at Hindu temple

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Mere weeks after worship services were allowed to resume, one Hindu temple has found itself in the middle of an online furore.

Sri Thendayuthapani Temple has been copping flak online after a woman accused the historic Hindu temple of caste-based discrimination and said they mistreated her elderly father on July 19.

Vekaneshvari Jayabal recounted her father’s experience in an open letter to the temple’s management on Facebook, writing: “We genuinely want to come and pray and not get involved in your caste system.

“If you think that you are a very special caste and have a very closed mindset at a place like in Singapore in 2020 — then please declare to the public that only Chettiars are allowed to enter the temple.”

Chettiar is a caste label historically associated with merchants, traders, bankers and moneylenders.

According to Jayabal, her 68-year-old father had arrived at the temple, located on Tank Road, at 7pm that day to pray.

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