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Tamil Nadu: A battle for the temples


UPDATED: May 28, 2021 18:35 IST
Srirangam temple in Tiruchirapalli (Alamy)
On May 23, Tamil Nadu’s Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran asked the 44,227 temples under his control to come clean on their finances. A circular was sent out mandating that audited accounts will have to be updated on the HR&CE website from this year. “Several provisions of the HR&CE Act emphasise transparency and informing the public about the expenditure. It is in the interests of improving the administration of the temples,” he explained.
The move is a follow-up to a pre-poll promise by chief minister M.K. Stalin after doubts (and demands) were raised about temple management in the state. By digitising documents regarding properties and assets owned by temples, the government aims to make them available in the public domain. The move comes at the end of a bitter war of words between finance minister P.N.T. Palanivel Thiagarajan (PTR) and th ....

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As Jaggi Vasudev and Tamil Nadu minister spar over state control of temples, what's really at stake?


As Jaggi Vasudev and Tamil Nadu minister spar over state control of temples, what’s really at stake?
Are temples run by hereditary trustees from the community better managed than those with government-appointed trustees?
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On Monday, an interview with Tamil Nadu’s new finance minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan in
The Hindu caused a stir. A long-time critic of Jaggi Vasudev, Thiagarajan described the yogi and author as a “commercial operator” who uses religion and spirituality to make money. In particular, he hit out at the campaign by Vasudev’s Isha Foundation demanding that the Tamil Nadu government release Hindu temples in the state from its control. ....

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