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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
G.V.R. Subba Rao

Hereditary archakas, founder trustees wary of taking up management of temples in Andhra Pradesh?

The State government’s decision to hand over the management of temples having an annual income of less than ₹5 lakh to the founder trustees or hereditary ‘archakas’ has not found many takers, with the Endowments Department receiving only around 10 applications so far.

The State government had issued a notification in this regard a few days ago.

According to information, there are over 21,000 temples having an assessable income of below ₹5 lakh per annum.

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