temple control

"Constructing the shopping complex using the funds of the temple certainly does not indicate any propagation of the religious tenets of the institution, i.e., the temple," the Madras High Court ruled.

Hindu activist Rangarajan Narasimhan stated that calling Pujaris and archakas for a 'review meeting' is illegal and requested the Hindu priests not entertain the whims and fancies of the HR&CE Department.

The sudden change of heart appears to be a part of its strategy to reach out to the majority Hindu community in Kerala and seize control of temple administration in the State.

The appointment of a non-Hindu man, Nawaz, to the Avimukeshwara Swamy Temple’s Brahmarathotsava Samiti has sparked outrage.

The Tamil Nadu government now gets to decide whether the Hindu pujari can take home the donation (dakshina) left by devotees on the puja thali. Such is the state of high-handedness of the government in a State that boasts of maximum number of Hindu temples.

Pushpa Kulesh, Deputy Secretary, Religious Trust and Endowment Department of Madhya Pradesh, has addressed this letter to the District Magistrate.

In July 2020, the Supreme Court had ruled against the Kerala government’s attempt to bring the world's richest Hindu temple under its control.

Madras HC has asked Tamil Nadu government to initiate proceedings to recover the encroached lands of Sri Ramanaadheswarar temple at Palnankuppam

The court said, "Devotees of a temple are entitled to have a say in the manner in which an institution or temple is run."

While resenting the state budget 2022-23 Friday, Karnataka CM proposed removing government control over temples in the state