Fresh applications for temple trustee posts will be issued soon: Minister
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Minister plans to call for trustee applications at 17,000 temples, emphasizing no pending cases or arrears for applicants.
Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments P.K. Sekarbabu on Sunday said his department was planning to call for fresh applications for honorary trustee posts at 17,000 temples in the State.
Addressing the media after releasing the department’s calendar for 2025, he said trustees had been appointed to 8,400 temples after the DMK came to power. “Unfortunately, there are no takers for small temples. We will call for applications again soon. The applicants should not have any cases pending against them, or any arrears if they have taken land or other property belonging to temples on lease. They should have the will to serve the deity and the devotees,” he said.
Mr. Sekarbabu said district-level committees had been appointed for all 38 districts. As far as gold deposits belonging to temples were concerned, 724 kg had been given for melting, and 472 kg had been deposited with the banks, he said.
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