Books on temple management

[Suresh Narasimha]

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[Nagaraj Paturi]

https://www.amazon.in/TEMPLE-MANAGEMENT-%C4%80GAMA-S-Reference-K%C4%81mik%C4%81gama/dp/1637145446

TEMPLE MANAGEMENT IN THE ĀGAMA-S: With Special Reference To Kāmikāgama Paperback – 12 February 2021

by Dr. Deepa Duraiswamy (Author)

For at least 1500 years, temple design, construction and worship have followed the canon of the āgama-s. Shouldn’t temple management also follow the āgama-s? Steeped in a history of more than two millennia, the real bequest of India’s ancient temples is that they are still living sacred spaces. The gods that were invoked in these temples more than a thousand years ago, continue to reside in the sanctums and gaze benevolently upon their devotees. The bells ring for morning service as they did a thousand years ago. The ācārya waves the ārati just as another ācārya did a thousand years ago. No other organization in the world can boast of such amazing continuity. The secret to this longevity lies in the āgama-s. Āgama-s are the traditional canon believed to be as old as the Vedas, with detailed manuals on temple-building, consecration and ritual worship. While the world outside the temples – a world of kings and kingdoms – has changed, temples continue to follow the āgama-s in letter and spirit in their everyday religious function, notwithstanding the many changes in administrative formats.  By studying the activities of the temple, material and manpower required, qualifications and roles prescribed for the temple professionals, this thesis attempts to reconstruct an āgamic temple management framework, using the Kāmikāgama as primary text with other āgama-s, secondary literature and inscriptional evidence as required.

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Nagaraj Paturi

 

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

Senior Director, IndicA

BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra

BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.

Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru

BoS Rashtram School of Public Leadership

Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Studies in Public Leadership

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies, 

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education, 

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

 

 

 

[Dhiren N. Sheth]

 

Hello Suresh ji,

 

Deepa the author of this book is also a personal friend of mine.

 

If you wish to get in personal touch with her please let me know and I will connect you with her.

 

Best Regards

Dhiren N. Sheth

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.in/TEMPLE-MANAGEMENT-%C4%80GAMA-S-Reference-K%C4%81mik%C4%81gama/dp/1637145446

 

TEMPLE MANAGEMENT IN THE ĀGAMA-S: With Special Reference To Kāmikāgama Paperback – 12 February 2021

by Dr. Deepa Duraiswamy (Author)

 

For at least 1500 years, temple design, construction and worship have followed the canon of the āgama-s. Shouldn’t temple management also follow the āgama-s? Steeped in a history of more than two millennia, the real bequest of India’s ancient temples is that they are still living sacred spaces. The gods that were invoked in these temples more than a thousand years ago, continue to reside in the sanctums and gaze benevolently upon their devotees. The bells ring for morning service as they did a thousand years ago. The ācārya waves the ārati just as another ācārya did a thousand years ago. No other organization in the world can boast of such amazing continuity. The secret to this longevity lies in the āgama-s. Āgama-s are the traditional canon believed to be as old as the Vedas, with detailed manuals on temple-building, consecration and ritual worship. While the world outside the temples – a world of kings and kingdoms – has changed, temples continue to follow the āgama-s in letter and spirit in their everyday religious function, notwithstanding the many changes in administrative formats.  By studying the activities of the temple, material and manpower required, qualifications and roles prescribed for the temple professionals, this thesis attempts to reconstruct an āgamic temple management framework, using the Kāmikāgama as primary text with other āgama-s, secondary literature and inscriptional evidence as required.

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[Nagaraj Paturi]

https://www.shrivedabharathi.in/A-Hand-book-for-Effective-Administration-&-Governance-of-Temples

1. A Hand book for Effective Administration & Governance of Temples

https://www.shrivedabharathi.in/resources/Documents/E-Book%20(SVB)%20Governance%20of%20Temples.pdf

  A Hand Book For Effective Administration & Governance of Temples 

It is a common observation that new temples are springing up at a higher pace, in India, and also abroad. But the knowledge of temple committee members about Hinduism in general, and temples in particular, is quite low. Consequently the quality of services, maintenance, and security of properties in those temples is much less than desired, while the apathy of Hindu devotees is continuing without much change. Our ancestors have gifted us great temples, constructed at several sacred locations of plains, hills, rivers and sea shores, and endowed with huge properties of land and jewelry. Subsequently they stood the tests of time and proved to be the sources of Hindu consciousness. Such holy places of historical, cultural and spiritual importance and high riches are paradoxically now facing acute financial crisis, and are in a state of utter negligence and dilapidated condition. In fact, less said is the better about the ineffective administration of Endowment Departments in various states of India, under the prevailing legal system. The fundamental reasons for this state of affairs is the general apathy of the Hindu society at large, added to the State control of temples and too much of politicisation. Beneficiaries of this Hand Book Under these conditions, the Handbook is prepared to : 1. Help the devotees who would like to have some basic understanding of the internal aspects of a temple system. 2. Encourage the philanthropists who would like to contribute their services for welfare of the society through the temples. 3. Assist the Administrators in running the individual temples effectively on sound Hindu principles 4. Create awareness among public about the legal position with regard to Hindu Dharma, Temples, and religious freedom as guaranteed by Indian Constitution 5. Highlight the shortfalls of Endowment Departments in several states of India in temple management practices. 6. Further motivate the Reformers of Hindu Society and Law makers of Governments for taking up all necessary alternative steps for “Governance of temples by Hindus only” under the guidance of great Acharyas and Dharmadhikaris.  

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