The Hindu religious and charitable endowments (HR&CE) department will renovate all temples that require makeover, minister P K Sekar Babu said in Salem on Friday.
“The department is preparing master plans for such work. Renovation works will be done in adherence to agama rules. All elements of temples, including geographical spread, shops, temple car sheds and holy tanks would be taken into account in the master plan,” Babu told reporters after inspecting renovation work of two temples in Salem. “The temples would be renovated in a way that they become cleaner than ever and beautiful with holy groves.”
The department has identified 539 temples with annual revenue of more than 10 lakh. “We have classified these into three – temples where there is a delay in performing kumbabishekam, those which have been taken up for kumbabishekam and those that are nearing the 12-year deadline for kumbabishekam,” Babu said. “The department is also working on plans to prevent theft o
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