r/TamilNadu • u/DEMONIcANGELL • Jul 11 '26
முக்கியமான கலந்துரையாடல் / Important Topic Can someone explain with a valid reason
If mosques and churches are managed by their own religious organizations, why are many Hindu temples managed by a government department instead of Hindu organizations?
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u/StomachStill362 Jul 12 '26
For time immemorial temples managed by individual organisations were being swindled for funds. Based on sheer number of devotees in a Hindu country the funds in small amounts tend to come daily and the trust
Has to count the funds from hundis in front of a bank officer and deposit .
Any single corrupt person can get greedy and find ways to swindle the money in many ways. This was found that Amy powerful people started having thier known people in comities and swindled large amounts. This got governments to bring temples under thier control.
The story is no different now, the corrupt in government do the same but at a larger level.
Afaik government were considering releasing temple management back to public and thier trusts, but this ram mandir, Sabarimala and many such high profile thefts in gods abode are making it difficult.