A wave of happiness went over Hindus after Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Somappa Bommai in his budget announced giving autonomy to hindu temples in the state.

The long pending demands of Hindus got fulfilled on 4th of March after Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Somappa Bommai in his budget speech put an end to government control of Hindu temples and announced giving autonomy to all hindu temples in the state. There is a long pending demand to do away with the government control on the temples, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said in his budget speech. According to Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment Department website, there are 34,558 temples in the state under government regulation and they fall under categories A, B and C.

Chief minister in his speech said “By considering these demands of devotees, autonomy will be given to temples coming under the purview of Endowment department and necessary legal action will be taken to delegate the discretion of developmental works to the temples.” It must be noted that now only Hindu temples were under state control and therefore constant demands were made by Hindus to free Hindu temples from state control.

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