Chennai, May 17 -- The heated exchanges between the finance minister, P Thiaga Rajan and the Founder of Isha Foundation, Jaggi Vasudev have been going on for the past few days which began with the minister calling Vasudev a 'commercial operator' and a 'publicity hound'.

The war of words began with an interview of P Thiaga Rajan withThe Hindu,where he was asked about the demand made by several parties including Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation to free Tamil Nadu's temples and hand their control over to a board consisting Hindu scholars and self-styled gurus.

To which he answers "In the case of Jaggi, he is a publicity hound who is trying to find another angle to make more money.Those making the demand have contended that temples should be...