Well done Samuel

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S V Badri <svbadri@g...> wrote:

Some good news, at last. The local committees will have to be

strengthened.

It should be ensured that only Hindus are allowed into such

committees. This

should be the beginning to ensure that ALL the Mandirs are freed

from the

Government control.

 

I am glad to note that Y Samuel Rajasekhara reddy has taken the

lead. The

Hindu chief ministers of other states should follow this fine

example, as a

beginning to free Hindu Mandirs from the clutches of governmental

controls.

 

Namaste,

S V Badri

 

 

 

http://www.deccan.com/home/homedetails.asp#CM%20exempts%2032,098%

20temples%20from%20endowments

 

CM exempts 32,098 temples from endowments

 

*Hyderabad, June 16:* Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy on

Thursday

agreed to exempt all the 32,098 temples with an income below Rs

50,000 per

annum from the purview of Section 144 of the Andhra Pradesh

Charitable and

Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987, until further

orders.

 

 

The Chief Minister said he had taken this decision with a "nobel

intention"

by keeping in view the welfare of the archakas (priests) in the

State who

solely depend on the temples for their livelihood. The said temples

where

the archakas cannot even meet their daily expenses are freed from

the the

jurisdiction of the endowments.

 

These temples have been given some kind of autonomy by the

government. There

will be least government interference in their day to day affairs

until

further orders. The temples committees and other local bodies will

manage

the temple affairs, revenue secretary D.C. Rosaiah told this

correspondent

after the meeting.

 

Making the statement at a review meeting of the Tirumala Tirupati

Devasthanams (TTD), here on Thursday, the Chief Minister said that

these

once these temples cross the income of the Rs 50,000 per annum they

will

automatically be back into the endowments fold. Presently, the Hindu

religious institutions are categorised under 6(a) in which there are

238

temples with an annual income of above Rs 5 lakh; under 6(b) 1,382

temples

with an annual income above Rs 50,000 and below Rs 5 lakh and under 6

©

32,098 temples with an income of Rs 50,000 per annum.

 

On the TTD affairs, when the Chief Minister was said that of the 40

hereditary archaka families, only four families were on the rolls of

the

Tirumala temple, Dr Rajasekhar Reddy asked officials to look into

their

demands of providing employment to their children too.

 

If all goes well, the male progeny of hereditary archaka families of

the

world famous Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple at Tirumala not on temple

rolls

may be employed by the TTD. Dr Rajasekhar Reddy also directed TTD

executive

officer A.P.V.N. Sharma to submit a detailed report to the

government on the

possibility of appointing the male progeny of 36 hereditary archaka

families

in the available vacancies. The Chief Minister also accepted the

plea for a

hike in pay and allowances of Potu workers at the temple and

instructed the

TTD Executive Offices to take a decision in their favour within

three weeks.

 

A delegation led by Ramana Dikshitulu of TTD, Prof Soundar Rajan of

A P

Archakasamakya and others met the Chief Minister and sought a

favourable

decision with regard to problems of archakas. Revenue Secretary D C

Rosaiah,

Endowments Commissioner J S V Prasad and others senior officials

were

present.

 

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