<p>Muzrai Minister and Dakshina Kannada District In-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said that the process of setting up management committees for B and C category temples across Karnataka will be completed within three months.</p>.<p>Under the deputy commissioner, Jilla Dharmika Parishat will finalise the management committees for B and C categories while the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Department will handle A category temples, the minister told media persons.</p>.<p>Of the 205 A category temples, 84 temples already have committees. The committee for Mangaluru's A category Kadri Manjunatha Temple will be finalised within a week.</p>.<p>The Jilla Dharmika Parishat members had complained that deputy commissioners were not convening the Parishat meeting every month. Following this, the State Dharmika Parishat issued a circular to all the DCs to convene on the fifth of every month. If the deputy commissioner is unavailable, the additional deputy commissioner can take charge.</p>.<p>The state government in 2011 had passed an order to register private temples under the Endowments Act. Following a furore, the minister said the circular had been withdrawn.</p>.<p>The district department had initiated Sapthapadi, a mass marriage programme wherein officials were asked to fix four to five muhurats every month and conduct marriages. Accordingly, muhurats had been fixed in March, April and May respectively in the Muzrai temples.</p>.<p>Poojary, welcoming the Union Budget, said it focused on basic infrastructure facilities, agriculture and health care sector. Shiradi Tunnel project was approved at a cost of Rs 10,000 crore. The 13 km tunnel will have six-lane and 10 bridges, he added.</p>
<p>Muzrai Minister and Dakshina Kannada District In-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said that the process of setting up management committees for B and C category temples across Karnataka will be completed within three months.</p>.<p>Under the deputy commissioner, Jilla Dharmika Parishat will finalise the management committees for B and C categories while the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Department will handle A category temples, the minister told media persons.</p>.<p>Of the 205 A category temples, 84 temples already have committees. The committee for Mangaluru's A category Kadri Manjunatha Temple will be finalised within a week.</p>.<p>The Jilla Dharmika Parishat members had complained that deputy commissioners were not convening the Parishat meeting every month. Following this, the State Dharmika Parishat issued a circular to all the DCs to convene on the fifth of every month. If the deputy commissioner is unavailable, the additional deputy commissioner can take charge.</p>.<p>The state government in 2011 had passed an order to register private temples under the Endowments Act. Following a furore, the minister said the circular had been withdrawn.</p>.<p>The district department had initiated Sapthapadi, a mass marriage programme wherein officials were asked to fix four to five muhurats every month and conduct marriages. Accordingly, muhurats had been fixed in March, April and May respectively in the Muzrai temples.</p>.<p>Poojary, welcoming the Union Budget, said it focused on basic infrastructure facilities, agriculture and health care sector. Shiradi Tunnel project was approved at a cost of Rs 10,000 crore. The 13 km tunnel will have six-lane and 10 bridges, he added.</p>
