Shri Krishnadevaraya writes in the Amuktamalyada on how to administer a Temple. He says :
"Do not entrust the administration of Temples & other endowments to the officer whom you employ to collect the revenues due to you. For being anxious to collect money...
Cont.. (1)
"Do not entrust the administration of Temples & other endowments to the officer whom you employ to collect the revenues due to you. For being anxious to collect money...
Cont.. (1)
....he(the officer) will make good any loss caused to the king's revenue from the income of the Temples & other endowments and sent it to the royal treasury. That is not good. So appoint a seperate officer for management of Temple properties...Cont.. (2)
If he misappropriates some part of the income, he alone will be ruined"
The above is one among the many instructions on Rajanithi given by Krishnadevaraya in the Amuktamalyada.
Contrast this with what the secular state does with Temple income today. (3)
#FreeTemples
The above is one among the many instructions on Rajanithi given by Krishnadevaraya in the Amuktamalyada.
Contrast this with what the secular state does with Temple income today. (3)
#FreeTemples
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