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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea by the priests of a temple dedicated to Sri Veerabhadra Swamy (an avatar of Lord Shiva), known as the Machileshwarnath temple in Telangana, raising concerns that the State government is attempting to unlawfully take over the temple [Madapathi Nagendrappa vs State of Telangana].