<p>The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a committee headed by former top court judge Justice B N Srikrishna to take over the management of ancient Gokarna Mahabaleshwara Temple, as an interim arrangement.</p>.<p>The temple, situated in Uttara Kannada district, is known as 'Dakshina Kashi'.</p>.<p>A bench presided over by Chief Justice S A Bobde said the Srikrishna committee will take over management of the temple from Ramachandrapura Math within 15 days.</p>.<p>The committee would also include Deputy Commissioner and SP of Uttara Kannada, Assistant Commissioner of Kumta division, two eminent scholars and two upadhibaktas of the concerned Trust.</p>.<p>The arrangement will continue till the top court finally decided the matter.</p>.<p>The Ramchandrapura Math challenged the Karnataka high court's judgement of August 10, 2018, which had quashed the B S Yeddyurappa government's decision of August 12, 2008, to hand over control of the temple to it.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a committee headed by former top court judge Justice B N Srikrishna to take over the management of ancient Gokarna Mahabaleshwara Temple, as an interim arrangement.</p>.<p>The temple, situated in Uttara Kannada district, is known as 'Dakshina Kashi'.</p>.<p>A bench presided over by Chief Justice S A Bobde said the Srikrishna committee will take over management of the temple from Ramachandrapura Math within 15 days.</p>.<p>The committee would also include Deputy Commissioner and SP of Uttara Kannada, Assistant Commissioner of Kumta division, two eminent scholars and two upadhibaktas of the concerned Trust.</p>.<p>The arrangement will continue till the top court finally decided the matter.</p>.<p>The Ramchandrapura Math challenged the Karnataka high court's judgement of August 10, 2018, which had quashed the B S Yeddyurappa government's decision of August 12, 2008, to hand over control of the temple to it.</p>
