KOCHI, INDIA, July 26, 2016 (Deccan Chronicle): The Travancore Devaswom Board will set up religious study centres in all temples under it within a year so as to attract more people to the “path of faith,” the board president Prayar Gopalakrishnan said on Monday. “Currently such centers are functional in about 200 temples. We will co-ordinate and streamline their functioning.
In the rest of the temples, centres will be started in a phased manner. The aim is to attract maximum people to the religious faiths and beliefs,” Mr. Gopalakrishnan told DC. There are 1,248 temples under the control of the board. It’s compulsory for children or grandchildren of members of temple advisory committees to attend the classes, he said. However, the financial implication for the initiative would be kept at a minimum.
The centres will have facilities such as computers, DTP and multi-media projector, among others. “Basically the classes will be on the core values and principles based on traditional epics such as Ramayana and Mahabharatha.