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The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu manages and controls the temple administration within the state. The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act XXII of 1959 controls 36,425 temples, 56 mathas or religious orders (and 47 temples belonging to mathas), 1,721 specific endowments and 189 trusts.
An inscription at Kothanur dated 1705 CE records the village being donated for the upkeep of the Venkaṭeśvara Temple in 'Bēngul̤ūra koṭē', i.e. the Bangalore Fort. Similar inscriptions of donation mentioning the city by name are found in Bingipura and Vajarahalli dated 1759 CE and 1765 CE respectively.
A tula-dana balance at the Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple in Kerala, India A tulabhara donation of bananas in progress at the Chottanikkara Temple in Kerala. Tulabhara, also known as Tula-purusha (IAST: Tulāpuruṣa) or Tula-dana, is an ancient Hindu practice in which a person is weighed against a commodity (such as gold, grain, fruits or other objects), and the equivalent weight of that ...
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) is an independent government trust in India managed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.The trust primarily oversees the operations and finances of the richest and the most visited religious center Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala. [2]
The Siddhivinayak temple receives donations of around ₹ 100 million (US$1.2 million) – ₹ 150 million (US$1.8 million) every year, which makes it Mumbai city's richest temple trust. [6] In 2004, the Siddhivinayak Ganpati Temple Trust, which operates the temple, was accused of mismanaging donations.
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Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Temple is a Hindu-Vaishnavite temple located in Annavaram in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh, India. [1] Dedicated to Lord Satyanarayana Swamy, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu , the temple is situated on Ratnagiri Hill. [ 1 ]
English: The Ettumanoor Mahadeva temple is a major Hindu temple in Kerala, a site for weddings and rites-of-passages of Hindu families. The temple roadside entrance has a Nataraja (dancing Shiva), has a mandala for social events such as performance arts, a dedicated place facing the garbha-grihya (inner sanctum) for Hindu rites of passage, a balance for donations (tula dana), a free community ...