Indian Temples

Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat announced that the government will no longer have direct control over the management of 51 temples across the state including Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri and Gangotri. The ex-CM Trivendra Singh Rawat citing ‘professional management of shrines’ passed the Char Dham Devsthanam Management Bill. Notably, the decision saw a flak from priests and temple authorities who protested against the government's… read-more