Kerala’s The Padmanabha Swamy Temple Trust will face an audit of income and expenses for the past 25 years, the Supreme Court clarified Wednesday. The audit will include finances of the Kerala temple and the governing trust and will take place in three months’ time, the Supreme court said.
The Apex court on Wednesday declined a plea filed by Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple Trust seeking to exempt it from the audit of 25 years as ordered by the top court last year. A bench headed by Justice U U Lalit said the audit should be completed as early as possible, preferably within three months. The trust had argued it is a distinct entity and that the court had meant for only the temple to be audited. The temple’s administrative committee, headed by a district judge, had further argued that it is already under great financial stress, and that the trust was evading its responsibility of meeting day-to-day expenses.
All temples in Kerala are closed and while this temple's monthly expenses are Rs 1.25 crore, "we are able to hardly get 60-70 lakh rupees. Therefore, we have sought certain directions," senior advocate R Basant, appearing for the committee had said.
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