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Better management of temples sought in Kerala

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NSS meet demands constitution of Malabar Devaswom Board

PERUNNA: The Nair Mahasammelan held at the Nair Service Society (NSS) headquarters here on Monday urged the State Government to initiate immediate steps to ensure effective and corruption-free management of temples in the State.

Later speaking to mediapersons, NSS general secretary P.K. Narayana Panicker and assistant secretary G. Sukumaran Nair echoed the sentiments of the gathering and called for immediate constitution of the Malabar Devaswom Board and new legislation for making the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) efficient and corruption-free, while keeping its autonomy intact.

The statement by the Devaswom Minister makes it clear that the Government has the intention to bring in an ordinance on Devaswom administration, Mr. Panicker said. The new legislation should ensure that the autonomy of the board is kept in tact, he said and added that a separate recruitment board should be constituted for appointments to the TDB.

Temples with little income are not able to provide a decent remuneration for the temple staff. Taking into account the well being of the temples and its employees in the Malabar region, it is imperative that a Malabar Devaswom Board is constituted, he said. A resolution adopted at the Sammelan urged the Union Government to initiate steps to alleviate backwardness. In another resolution, the meeting called upon the Government to put an end to the discrimination in the fee structure in unaided schools. NSS President P.V. Neelakanta Pillai inaugurated the Sammelan.

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