Madras High Court directed Tamil Nadu government not to take any decision on melting of temple gold as part of the recently announced Gold Monetisation Scheme until temple Trustees are appointed
The Tamil Nadu government has told the Madras High Court that the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department would constitute district-level committees to appoint trustees in temples under it in a span of four weeks.Advocate General, .
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 the Coimbatore
With the demand for medical oxygen continuing unabated and several States struggling to keep pace with demand, the oxygen concentrator has emerged as a sought after device. Unlike medical oxygen sourced from industrial units, which are supplied via cylinders, concentrators are devices that can be operated at home.
A group of men belonging to the DMK entered an Amma Unavagam (Amma canteen) in Mogappair, Chennai on Tuesday, and ransacked the premises, and reportedly demanded that the staff remove the photograph of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa from the canteen’s name board.