New Delhi, March 23 -- Ever since the ouster of Shapoorji Pallonji Group scion Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons chairman in 2016, the two sides have had frosty relations. Now, a temple ceremony is bringing together leaders from both sides.

Shapoor Mistry, chair of SP Group and brother of the late Cyrus Mistry, heads the Mahakumbhabhishekam Core Committee of Mumbai's Sri Sankara Mattham. In a letter to devotees seeking donations for the event on 6 April, Mistry wrote that Tata Sons chair N. Chandrasekaran had "graciously consented" to serve as the "chief patron" of the committee, to "ably guide" the conduct of the celebrations. The letter was co-signed by Mistry as well as Mattham president and SP Group advisor S. Kuppuswamy.

The 87-year-old re...