Tamil Nadu Temple Executive Officers Federation requests State government to appoint board of trustees
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The Tamil Nadu Temple Executive Officers Federation urged the State government to appoint boards of trustees for temples under the control of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) Department. According to the HR and CE Act, temples should have between three and five members in such boards, depending on their income and size.
The trustees offer advice and guidance to the executive officers in the conduct of festivals and also in the daily running of temples. “Since they are usually local people, they know the customs of the temple and it is always better to take decisions as a group,” explained an office-bearer of the Federation. In most cases, temples at present have only fit persons or thakkars in place of the trustees and in many temples they are the executive officers themselves, he added.