In India till it became Independent in 1947, the rulers never controlled the Hindu temple management? Now why?

Question

The Waqf property of Muslims is controlled by the Muslim Board and the Church property including the Educational Institutes are controlled by them with out interference by the government. But I understand with regard to the Hindu Temple properties, the government can and does interfere. Is it not violation of secular principles.

Answer 1

In India the temporal power and the spiritual power were always kept separate. The Muslim rulers were against idolatry and after the Buddhist influence, the Indians started worshiping the deities and their images in place of Yangnya by chanting mantras, which used to be the Karmkanda under the Yadurveda. In course of time, huge property got amassed around various deities but later got mismanaged. Still the Muslim rulers though were demolishing the temples to build Masjid at that place, but they never interfered in the temple management.

The Christian rulers were making all possible efforts to get the Hindus converted to Christianity, but never used to interfere in the temple administration. In independent India, the State Governments selectively started interfering in the temple matters as the non-Hindu places of worship are protected by the constitutional provisions as minority institutes.

Answer 2

It is wrong to say that the Indian government or courts do not interfere with the Muslim Law Board or the Missionary Boards of the Christians. The Government, or more precisely, the law has given autonomy to all these religious institutions but if there are reports of mismanagement and misuse of funds then the Government is free to interfere and ask for the financial records.

There is no violation of secular principles. The real problem is that the we never got to know such news through the media of governmental interference in religious institutions. We only got to know whatever catches the eyes of the media persons.

I know many cases where the government did so. Many cases are pending in various courts of law across India.

Answer 3

coz... Britishers were not interested in eating temple money as our Indian rulers interested

Answer 4

They had other issues then, now they want mileage out of this