Temple funds utilized for Haj and Madarsssas

Statement of Temple Collections & Utilization 1997-2002. (data received from the Revenue section of Tourism & Temples, Govt of Karnataka, excerpts from an article by Anjali Patel dated 29/10/2003 ( Figures in Crores.)

Year	Temple Nos	Temple Revenue	Temple Expenses	Madrassa, Haj	% of Revenue	Church	Others	Others Description
1997	2,64,000	52.3	17.3	9.3	18	3.0	22.8	Rural,women development.
1998	2,67,073	58.3	16.5	14.3	25	5.0	22.6	Health Rural.
1999	2,67,000	67.3	15.0	27.0	41	8.0	17.3	N.A.
2000	2,62,038	69.9	13.7	35.0	50	8.0	13.2	Haj Victims
2001	2,54,038	71.6	11.5	45.0	63	10.0	5.1	N.A.
2002	2,51,012	72.0	10.0	50.0	69	10.0	2.0	N.A.
Total		391.4	84.0	180.6	20.7	44.0	83.0
$Mill		87.0	18.7	40.1		9.8	18.4

$ are in Million Dollars exchange rate Rs 45 to a dollar.

"There are as many as 2,07,000 temples in Karnataka and the total income of these temples amounts to Rs 72 crore only a sum of Rs. 6 crores is being spent by the Government for their upkeep. On the other hand, the Government spent a phenomenal amount of Rs.50 crores for the madrasas and Rs.10 crores for the churches, and for the Hindu temples only a partly sum of Rs.6 crores is being spent". - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Art of Living Foundation) from Arsha Vidya Newsletter of Dec 2003).

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