As fellow journalists pray for his speedy and lasting recovery, the incident had left thousands of presspersons in Tamil Nadu astonished and put them in despair.
By citing that he doesn't know Hindi, the justice said that he would refer to the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and the Indian Evidence Act by their original names.
The incident has also sparked political fury as several political leaders had condemned the crime and urged the police to take strict action against the accused.
It is pertinent to note that all these temple visits from Modi would come days ahead of the Ram Temple inauguration in Ayodhya, which will be held on January 22.
In the midst of a heat wave of speculations about the possible elevation of Udhayanidhi Stalin as the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister MK Stalin has on Saturday - January 13 opened up for the first time.
Annamalai's move was deterred by the locals in Dharmapuri's Pappireddipatti and they went on to condemn the Modi regime over its flawed approach in handling the violence.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Senthil Balaji can remain a minister in the state and the verdict has given a blow to Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, who dismissed the former from the cabinet in the wake of his imprisonment.