All temples in the State coming under the Muzrai Department will be provided with basic facilities, such as drinking water, toilets, and shelter. The temple authorities concerned have been asked to prepare a plan and send it to the government. The authorities could also seek kitchen and dining hall if the temples provide ‘prasada’ to devotees.
According to official sources in the department, Muzrai Minister Manohar Tahsildar held a meeting of executive officers of temples and senior officials of districts in Bengaluru a few days ago and directed them to prepare a plan for development of temples.
According to his directions, the Mysuru district administration issued a circular to all the temple executive officers and temple officials in Mysuru to prepare a comprehensive development plan and submit them to the administration, which in turn would send it to the government. After receiving the plans from all the temples, the Minister is expected to hold another round of meetings with officials before allocating funds for the development of the temples, sources said.
According to them, there are 1,289 temples coming under the Muzrai Department in Mysuru. Of them, five temples are grouped under ‘A’ category while four are placed under ‘B’ category; the remaining 1,280 temples are grouped under ‘C’ category. Temples that have an annual income of more than Rs. 25 lakh are classified under ‘A’ category and temples having an annual income in the range of Rs. 5 lakh to Rs.25 lakh are under ‘B’ category. Temples having an annual income of less than Rs. 5 lakh are placed under ‘C’ category.
The Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi hills, Nanjundeshwara temple in Nanjangud, the temple in Talakad, and Marinakamma temple in Periyapatna town, are placed under ‘A’ category, while Sri Rama temple in Chuchanakatte, Chikkadevamma Kunduru temple in H.D. Kote, Muguru Tripura Sundari temple and Gunjal Narasimhaswamy temple in T.Narsipur taluk are placed under ‘B’ category.
The State government has earmarked Rs. 150 crore for the proposed development of temples.
The first steps
Basic facilities include drinking water, restrooms, shelter
Kitchen, dining hall will be permitted in temples providing ‘prasada’ to devotees
Mysuru district administration issues circular to temple officials in Mysuru to prepare comprehensive development plan
- Five temples are grouped under ‘A’ category while four are placed under ‘B’ category; the remaining 1,280 temples are grouped under ‘C’ category in Mysuru
