Priests’ physique welcomes scrapping of Devasthanam Board in Uttarakhand

By PTI

MATHURA: The repeal the Devasthanam Board Act in Uttrakhand was a welcome step, a outstanding physique of Hindu clergymen stated on Tuesday and harassed that the neighborhood ought to stay united to protect the tradition of the nation.

Priests within the hill state had been agitating towards the Act below which the Devasthanam Board was set as much as handle the 4 Himalayan shrines – Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri – and 49 different temples.

With the repeal of the Act, the administration of those shrines will once more be within the palms of clergymen.

“The decision, though belated, is welcome,” Mahesh Pathak, nationwide president of Akhil Bhartiya Tirth Purohit Mahasabha instructed reporters.

He praised Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for the step and attributed the repeal of the legislation to the unity of clergymen of Uttarakhand and the help from clergymen of different states.

He suggested the clergymen of each state to keep up unity as in Uttarakhand for shielding the tradition of the nation.