temple funds

The court made it clear that temples cannot be treated like development projects and that any activity carried out in the name of 'development' must strictly align with the religious ethos of the institution and the law governing temple administration.

The Madras High Court has quashed five Tamil Nadu government orders that allowed temple funds to be used for building marriage halls.

Bombay High Court on 9th May ordered to register a case in the case of embezzlement of donations from the Tulja Bhawani Temple in Maharashtra’s Tuljapur.

The activist accused officials of Tamil Nadu Govt's (HR&CE) department of draining the temple deposits by 92%.

The TN state government had earlier ordered to use the temple funds to build the old age homes at three places.

The VHP divisional secretary suggested that if the government wants to pay Muslim clerics, it should bring the mosques and madarsas of the Wakf Board under its own control and utilise their funds to benefit Imams.

Earlier in May 2020, Guruvayur Devaswom chairman KB Mohandas sparked a massive row after he admitted allocating temple money for CM's COVID-19 relief fund and during floods in 2018.

An issue that has come up in this discussion is that question of caste representation among the Temple trustees to avoid caste-discrimination.

Two transfers of Rs 5 crores each were made by the Siddhivinayak Temple Trust to the Maharashtra government