To overcome the severe financial crisis due to COVID-19, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has decided to sell all the extra lamps and traditional brass utensils in the temples under the Board. The auction procedures are progressing.
The letter mentions that the take-over of temples by the Government is against the Constitution, as well as, the ideology of pro-Hindutva BJP.
The Government of Andhra Pradesh stayed the decision to auction the properties owned by Tirupati Tirumala temple, following vehement opposition from the Hindu community.
Reeling under a financial crisis due to ongoing lockdown, authorities of the world”s richest temple at Tirumala have decided to auction 23 properties donated by devotees in Tamil Nadu.
Unknown miscreants vandalised a 350 –year-old Anandavalli Sametha Baskareswarar temple located in Thiruvidaimaruthur area of Thanjvur District here and looted the Mangalsutra and other valuable items.