......Of the three major temple boards in Kerala, which administer more than 2,800 temples, Cochin board has also decided against providing details of its gold, while another has yet to decide and a third says it has not yet received a letter from the RBI, reports Reuters. Many devotees believe that whatever has been given to the temple is out of devotion and should stay within the sacred boundaries of the temple. While a certain section of the society feels it is high time that the temples reveal their network including gold holdings so that the devotees know everything about the temple that they so longing visit.......
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Ownership notwithstanding, the nation should have an account of its assets and liabilities. Individuals, institutions and organisations should not take shelter under various deficiencies in law to avoid transparency in accumulation of wealth and its maintenance. Government(at Centre and states) should not delay making a realistic estimate of country's surface gold stock. Perhaps, RBI's queries to religious institutions was a beginning. If there is resistance, government agencies which are armed with power to probe should coordinate the efforts.
Temple Gold are not private properties of the respective trustees,but contributed and are meant for public welfare.A bulk of these including precious gems are deemed to form GUPT DAAN or voluntary contribution of devotees not necessarily for hoarding and may bre even Black Money of persons who are having no avenues to hide these.Idle wealth serves no one.The RBI did a good thing 'requesting' t a few temples top declare their stock.There is no 'PAPAM' (sin) if the idle gold serves public purpose without depriving concerned temples their legitimate rights on the ECONOMIC VALUE of this asset to carryout their activities.There is no recognised custom among other religious followers to contribute gold to their places of worship,both Christians and Muslims have a system of contributing either directly or otherwise a fixed percentage of net savings/earnings for charity.
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