Chennai: Endowmen of Religion and Hindu Amal (HR and CE) Minister P K Sekar Babu on Monday said that only a few jewelry, jewelry was damaged and could not be used after 2011 for temples would be the target of the gold bond scheme.
The Briefing Newspertons after dedicating the playground belonging to the Kabeleeswar temple in Mylapore to the public, he said that there was no room for every violation of melting jewelry to be converted into gold.
“Good jewelry belongs to kings or contributed by zamindars and jewelry donated before 2011 will melt to be converted into gold bars.
Only small pieces of jewelry, damaged jewelry and can not be used alone will be a gold bond scheme,” he said .
Indicates that the interests obtained through the gold bond scheme will go to each temple for development work, he said that such practices have been adopted by temples in various parts of the country including Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.
To the query in the 2011 settings as the cut off for the gold bond scheme, he said that working on registering donations (related to jewelry) in ‘hundel’ (bidding box) has not been carried out after 2011.
“Before that the jewelry needed for the deity was saved and the rest It will be used for temples or subject to disbursement under the gold bond scheme.
Not melted for such donations has caused a buildup of jewelry in the temple in the past ten years, “added Sekar Babu.
Talking about playgrounds measuring 46 reasons in Mylapore, the minister said that the HR department and CE would design a playground in such a way that it was beneficial for poor students and students run by Greater Chennai Corporation.
Playgrounds 46 reasons taken from PS Middle School in Mylapore above the court direction, he added.
The Minister also launched the process of placing stones to mark HR and CE properties with signage department on the path of the highway department to identify the parcel of the land.
Mylapore Mla Dha.
The commissioner of the Velu and HR & CE J Kumaragurubaran was present on that occasion.