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CHENNAI, INDIA, December 2, 2003: The Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, an apex body comprising all acharyas and mandaleswars (both leaders within Hindu monastic orders), was formed here today with the objective of having a coordinated effort on issues concerning Hindus. The convener of the Acharya Sabha, Swami Dayananda Saraswathi, talking to newsmen here today, said the monastery leaders were for a uniform civil code. The Constitution, he said, provided for a Uniform Civil Code but it was yet to be enacted. Similarly, the Sabha wanted the Centre to ban slaughter of cows as the animal was a symbol of worship for Hindus. Demanding that the States hand over the temple administration to autonomous bodies, he said that at present there was government interference in the administration of temples and donations to temples were utilized for other purposes. Temple funds should be utilized only for religious purposes, he said. The meet congratulated Tamil Nadu for enacting a legislation to ban conversion and urged the Centre and the States to follow suit.

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