A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday directed the Guruvayur Devaswom managing committee to produce the entire files relating to Poonthanam Njanappana Puraskaram for 2020, 2021 and 2022.
The Bench comprising Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar passed the order on a writ petition field by Ratheesh Madhavan of Ernakulam challenging the decision of the Devaswom to give the Njanappana award for the year 2020 to poet Prabha Varma for his work Syama Madhavam.
Stay on presentation
According to the petitioner, the poems depicted Krishna as unworthy of worship. Therefore, the grant of award to him, utilising the funds of the Devaswom, would not be in the interest of worshippers and would hurt the feelings of the devotees. The court had earlier stayed the presentation of the award.
The Bench directed the Devaswom to produce the files on February 14.