This article, published in Hindi in the June 2022 edition of Rashtra Dharm, discusses the principal directions issued by the Madras High Court in its judgment concerning the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959.

It examines the extent of State control over temple administration and finances under that law, and the directions issued by the Court for the protection of temple heritage.

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