HP constitutes Temple Committee

Shimla, Jul 4 : The Himachal Pradesh Government has constituted a High Power Temple Committee to oversee the management of the religious shrines in the state and to suggest necessary amendment in the Acts and Rules of the state Hindu Public Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment Act, 1984.

The Committee would also suggest the management committees about the steps required to improve the basic amenities for the devotees visiting the shrines.

Mr K C Sharma, retired IAS officer would be the Convenor of the Committee while Mr Dev Raj Sharma, retired IAS officer, Mr Sohan Singh of Nadaun, Mr Lekh Ram of village Dehra, district Kangra and Mr Narender Sharma of Paonta Sahib, district Sirmaur would be the members. Mr Vidya Chand Thakur, Etymologist, Department of Language and Culture would be the Member Secretary.

The state government has also constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to the government of Himachal Pradesh to install the statue of Maharani Lakshmi Bai in the Rani Jhansi Park on The Mall, Shimla.

The Secretary Finance, Secretary Language and Culture, Deputy Commissioner Shimla, Commissioner and Administrator of Municipal Corporation Shimla, Engineer-in-Chief HPPWD, Chief Architect HPPWD, Superintendent Engineer Circle I, HPPWD would be its members, while Director of Language, Art and Culture would be its Member Secretary.

The state government has also denotified the control of Sri Satyanarayan Mandir, Rampur Bushehr in Shimla and Sri Shani Dev Mandir in Sarali village, near Lamblu in Hamirpur district by amending the Schedule-I at serial No 34 and serial No 25 of the Himachal Pradesh Hindu Public Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment Act, 1984 (Act 18 of 1984).