A Chennai-based YouTuber and social media influencer was arrested by Tamil Nadu police for raising funds under the pretext of renovating sub-temples. After he had received the funds, he used them for his personal purposes.
Relief distributed to temple priests
Updated:
Updated:
Share Article
AAA
HR&CE Minister P. K. Sekar Babu and Udayanidhi Stalin distributing the Covid relief materials to temple priests in Chennai. K.V. Srinivasan | Photo Credit: SRINIVASAN KV
Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) P.K. Sekar Babu on Wednesday distributed COVID-19 relief kits to 219 temple priests in Chennai circle at an event at the wedding Hall managed by the Kapaleeswarar temple.
The kits consisted of ₹4,000 each and 15 provision items. These were given to priests who do not draw salaries. Around 12,900 priests in temples managed by the HR and CE have been identified throughout the State under the scheme. Member of Parliament Thamizhachi Thangapandian was also present on the occasion.
Title documents of temples go online
Updated:
Updated:
HR&CE Department verifies data from documents for 3,43,647 acres
Share Article
Title documents like
pattas,
chittas and even gift deeds belonging to thousands of temples in the State will be available online on the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department’s website.
The Department has completed the matching of data from documents for 3,43,647 acres of land with that on Tamil
Nilam, the State’s land records’ repository, said an official. “This amounts to over 70% of land belonging to temples in the State that have 4,78,272 acres under their control. People can go check the lands owned by individual temples on the Department’s site. The documents can be viewed and they have a disclaimer that they cannot be used for anything else,” the official said.
Major temples to continue providing annadhanam thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.