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Dear Mahakavi Ji

Yes, the HR & CE will but in, once they smell 'revenue' . The Ashta Lakshmi Temple on the Besan Nagar
which was built, maintained and managed by the TTK family is one such glaring example - "The Notice"
has been served on the Management.

If anyone has noticed, the cleanliness and general atmosphere of the Vadapalani Temple has
improved tremendously. This is because HR&CE handed over the management to Saravana Bhavan Group.
Revenues from properties of Vadapalani though, go directly to HR&CE.

The very fact that Temples have been brought under CT&RE Dept, indicates that TN Govt views them
as 'revenue points' - (sorry for the comparison), like a TASMAC outlet.

As a Committee member for so many years and having borne the brunt of HR&CE's snubs and insults on many occasions,
I can tell you that the very purpose of the HR & CE Act has been defeated.

It was brought in to do away with Hereditary System of Trustees, who behaved like drunk, power sot princes -
They claimed ownership of large tracts of land, troves of treasures made to the Temple Deities and it was a Feudal system - somewhat similar to the Landlords of medieval Europe.

The renaissance that occurred here though, was in the form of Regional Parties with rationalist/atheist leanings
coming to power, and dragging the Temples into the abyss of politics and corruption.

All of it may not be because of Govt interference - it's the 'Vattams','Maavattams' 'Thunai Maavattams' and
'Udhavi Thunai Maavattams' of the Party cadres who are the beneficiaries .

Guruvethunai
Yay Yem