Present Income and Expenditure

Present income

At present the main source of revenue for the temple is from the lands. From the wet lands, the temple gets 400 quintals of paddy per year and from dry lands Rs.20,000/-per year. The lands are leased by public auction every year. At present the wet lands are with 41 tenants and the dry lands with 20 tenants. The lease levied is 7 kalam per ma and the lease is mostly received in the form of grains and at times in cash. The temple gets auxiliary income through the hundi, holy tank and archana receipts. From the two hundis, it gets Rs.880/-and from the auction of tank sediment it gets Rs.250/-Through archana tickets costing paise each, the temple receives, an annual income of Rs.1100/-The aforesaid income was received in the year 2014-15. The archana ticket costs1 Rupee each. There was a practice of preparing prasadam for annadhana and its sale is now suspended. To conduct a marriage in the temple, a marriage fee of Rs.200/-is collected.

Present Expenditure

The income accrued from various sources helped the temple to meet out the various expenses. The expenditure of temples largely depended on their income importance and popularity. Several records refer to the lavish endowments made for specific purposes.

At present the income from various sources was spent for the conduct of worship, festivals, food offerings, education and cultural activities. Besides, a major portion of the income was spent on paying remuneration to the temple staff. In addition, a considerable amount was spent on renovation and repair work in temples. These were the major items of expenditure. The nature of expenditure is explicit from' the purpose of' endowment itself.

The main heads of expenditure for the temple are daily pujas, annual festivals, and salary of the staff members. The subsidiary expenditures are land tax, audit fees, travelling allowance, consumption of oil, electricity, stationery, postal charges, repairs of the temples and maintenance. The temple pays an annual income tax of Rs.9,000/-The temple staff receives their salary either in cash or in grain.

As the revenue of the temple is dwindling year after year, the management of the temple finds it very difficult to maintain the temple on even keel. From the dry lands, instead of amount quintals only small amount of crops are realized. Similarly instead of 400 quintals from the wet lands only small amount of paddy are realized. This shows clearly the diminution of the income and the precarious economy of the temple. The management of the temple is doing its best to collect the lease amounts applying the General Tenancy Act. Now the government, in view of the drastic decrease in the revenue of the temple, has ordered cancellation of land tax. Even though the temple does not maintain any country or educational institution, it maintains social and economic activities by distributing prasadam to the temple servants. Formerly prasadams were given very liberally but now they are given a small quantity.