Temples in Kerala are like orphanages, notes HC
- Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala high court in a landmark judgment on Tuesday came out heavily against the Travancore Dewasom board and said that the temples in Kerala are like orphanages, and even the day-to-day activities of the temples are not being carried out properly.The division bench of the high court while admitting a petition filed by the Dewaswom employees confederation against the mass transfer of employees, remarked that the Travancore Dewaswom board has failed in every aspect in running the temples.The division bench comprising of Justice C S Ramachandran Nair and P S Gopinath said that the temples coming under the administration of Travancore Dewaswom board finds it difficult to even conduct the routine festivals. The court also observed that the local people have to resorted to court to even conduct the annual temple festivals, and remarked that this was as indeed owing to the pathetic management of the temple board.
(image)- The court also observed that some political nominees in the director board of the Travancore Dewaswom board have not risen to the expectations of the people and called upon the government to try and select honest people to such crucial posts.
