: The State unit of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has welcomed the Supreme Court's observations about the stand taken by the members of the ruling family of erstwhile Travancore on the priceless objects discovered in the subterranean vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple here.
In a statement issued here on Friday, DYFI State secretary T.V. Rajesh said the Supreme Court's castigation of the astrological rites conducted at the temple was a major setback to attempts of forces of revivalism to bring back superstitions and obscurantist practices in society.
The reported findings of the rites questioned rationality, logic, and common sense, he said.
The Supreme Court's observations were a strong warning against such tendencies, Mr. Rajesh said.

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