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Thrissur: Malabar devaswom board officials had to suspend their move to take over the Kapliyangad Sree Bhagavathy temple, near Vadakkekad following protests from the temple management committee and a section of the devotees, on Thursday.The board officials had come to take over the administration of the temple with elaborate security cover, including a large contingent of police and fire brigade personnel, as well as with arrangements like water cannons, in the early hours of the day. However, the temple committee officials were able to mobilize a large number of devotees, including women, quickly and they resisted the takeover by chanting bhajans.However, careful handling of the situation by the authorities averted any untoward incident....