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All India conference of VHP'sMutt-Mandir wing
Hand over temple administration to dharmik council
FOC
The first all India conference of VHP'sMutt-Mandir wing, held in Hyderabad from November 12 to 13, expressed serious concern over the acquisition of temple land by the government and also extending it to Muslims and Christians. About 80 senior workers including Prant Pramukh of Mutt-Mandirs attended the meeting. Prominent among those present were Sadguru Swami Shivanand Murti, Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Sudhirdas, Shri G. Pulla Reddy, VHP'streasurer, Shri Mohandhar Diwan, convenor of the Mutt-Mandir wing, Shri Venkat Narayan of Acharya Sabha, Shri Raghvalu and Shri Khemchand Sharma, both VHP central secretaries.
The conference stressed that temple administration should be transparent and accountable to the devotees. ?All sections of the society irrespective of their gender, caste or creed must feel like participating in temple activities freely and get the feeling that they have a say in caring for and maintaining the temple as well as fostering temple culture,? said a resolution passed at the meeting, adding that temples must not be treated as sources of commercial exploitation, nor should their managements acquire, overt or covert political hue.
In another resolution, the conference said the temple should be made the centre for organising and uniting the Hindu society. ?This conference calls upon all Hindus to make sincere efforts to start bhakta mandali at each and every temple to maintain the temples in accordance with the age-old religious and cultural traditions,? the resolution said further calling upon Hindemples in accordance with the age-old religious and cultural traemples in accordance with the age-old religious and cultural traemples in accordance with the age-old religious and cultural traditions,? the resolution said further calling upon Hindupon Hindemples in accordance with the age-old religious and cultural tremples in accordance with the age-old religious and cultural trademples in accordance with the age-old religious and cultural traditions,? the resolution said further calling upon Hindupon Hindigious institutions especially those in the southern states in general and Andhra Pradesh in particular have been chosen for discriminatory treatment and subjected to rigorous control and interference by the governments resulting in deterioration of all aspects of temple administration, spiritual as well as secular.
