Bengaluru, Oct. 9 -- The Karnataka high court has quashed state government orders bringing the Anjaneya Swamy temple on Anjanadri Hill in Koppal district, believed by devotees to be the birthplace of Lord Hanuman, under the state's religious endowments department, ruling that affected parties were not given an opportunity to be heard before the decision.

Justice M Nagaprasanna set aside a September 24, 2018, notification declaring the temple a notified religious institution and a December 15, 2018, order appointing an administrator and an executive officer to manage its affairs.

The court found that the prescribed procedure was not followed and that affected parties had not been given a proper opportunity to raise objections, violating ...