The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department Commissioner on Wednesday informed the Madras High Court of having issued a circular instructing 48 Senior Grade temples in Tamil Nadu to live stream their Hundial (donation box) opening process, on their respective YouTube channels.
In a counter affidavit filed before Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, the HR&CE Commissioner K.V. Muralidharan said the Hundial of all other temples were being opened strictly in accordance with the Installation, Safeguarding and Accounting of Hundial Rules, 1975.
The counter was filed in response to four public interest litigation (PIL) petitions filed by temple activist Rangarajan Narasimhan of Srirangam, complaining about frequent reports of the theft of cash and valuables such as gold and silver ornaments, donated by devotees, from temple Hundials.
