{"id":33481,"date":"2018-10-30T12:33:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T07:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=33481"},"modified":"2018-10-30T12:33:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T07:03:06","slug":"govt-may-oversee-mutts-and-temples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/govt-may-oversee-mutts-and-temples\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt. may oversee mutts and temples\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/religious-mutts-and-their-temples-may-come-within-govt-purview\/article21261764.ece\">Govt. may oversee mutts and temples<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amendment to Muzrai Act<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Religious mutts and temples under their control that have so far remained outside the ambit of the government could come within it\u2019s purview if changes being considered for the \u2018Muzrai\u2019 Act is any indication<\/p>\n<p><strong>7 member Committee <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A seven-member committee, currently in the process of suggesting comprehensive changes in the Act, is considering inclusion of mutts and temples controlled by mutts under the purview of the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, popularly known as \u2018Muzrai\u2019 Act<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amendments to the 1997 Act struck down in 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Non-inclusion of mutts and temples run by them, and keeping away Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs from the definition of \u201cHindus\u201d had led a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court to strike down the 2011 and 2012 Amendments brought to the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997<\/li>\n<li>Terming the exclusion as \u201cillegal and discriminatory\u201d, the high court had struck down amendments in 2015<\/li>\n<li><strong>Even the 1997 Act was stuck down<\/strong> by the High Court in 2006 on the same grounds that mutts have been kept outside the purview, <strong>but the Supreme Court stayed a portion of the High Court\u2019s ruling<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hence, government now wants to bring a uniform and comprehensive Act that will overcome loopholes<\/p>\n<p><strong>High courts\u2019 ruling: Changes being considered<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>K\u2019tka HC ruling stressed on raised issues pertaining to Article 14, 25 and 26 of Indian constitution that refer to fundamental rights of the citizens<\/p>\n<p>These included how the mutts had been kept away from the Act and how Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs were not brought under the Act<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These observations of the court are being considered<\/li>\n<li>Apart from this, there are Supreme Court observations too that will be incorporated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other changes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Handing over temples to families: The Muzrai Department has received 70 applications after it decided to let go of \u201cC\u201d category temples to families where priests have hereditarily performed duties. The department also intends to let go of\u00a0<em>gadduges\u00a0<\/em>(seats) of seers of various mutts that are currently under its supervision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Agama Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a bid to create access to learning of Agama, Sanskrit and vedas to aspiring priests, a proposal has been mooted to start Agama schools from the next academic year in six temple towns across the State. The temples at KukkeSubramanya, Kollur, Devarayanadurga, and YellammaGudda are among those identified to start the schools, which will train aspirants and issue certificates. Currently, there are 32 Agama schools run by the government<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agama<\/strong>: The Agamas are a collection of scriptures of several Hindu devotional schools. 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