JAMMU, INDIA, April 9, 2012 (Outlook India): A Hindu outfit in Jammu and Kashmir today demanded the formulation of an Act to look after all the temples in the state. “We demand formulation of Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Temple Act, which will look after all the temples in the state,” Shiv Sena Hindustan president Pawan Gupta said.
“A Board, on the lines of SGPC and Waqf Board, must also be set up to oversee Hindus religious affairs in the state as the decisions taken by the Amarnath Shrine Board had failed to satisfy the Hindu saffron parties,” he added.
[HPI note: State control of Hindu temples in South India is nearly total, with mixed results. Surprisingly for a secular country, the government will not interfere with the houses of worship of any other religion other than Hinduism.]