Loyalty to the leader of a political party knows no bounds, going by what a DMK activist has done -- he is building a temple in honour of party president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, a self-proclaimed atheist. "The temple is almost in the finishing stages in five cents of land I own at Samireddipalli near Gudiyatham (Vellore district) at a cost of about Rs two lakh", District panchayat Councellor G R Krishnamoorthy, the man behind it, said.

He said the temple, with a two-and-a-half foot idol of "Kalaignar" would be opened to the public soon after laying of tiles was completed. Krishnamoorthy said he was inspired to build the temple after seeing how welfare schemes brought out by his leader, especially 'Kalaingar Kappitu Thitam (free insurance scheme for poor) had helped many downtrodden families in his area.