For me, gov using temple funds isn't even that big of a problem in itself. The main problem (from whatever little i understand) is hinduism is like a headless chicken today when there are visible threats in our own backyard, quite like the time when the British first arrived and saw the thousand little kingdoms busy in their own domestic issues. Apologies if I sound like a conspiracy nut, I realize that hindus aren't simply going to disappear or get eaten in the upcoming years.Suraj wrote: That's fine - I understand the emphasis you're making. Too many posts are focusing on detailed admin structure descriptions. None of it explains why that particular structure is any good. Start from the problem and work down to what's needed...
Continuing on, I see the idols being broken in Andhra. Don't think it's even an issue in states like Haryana, UP etc. In the Kerala thread, one user points out that "Hindus vote for caste and then cry for religion" and i think it hits the nail on the head. I see the church making huge progress in NE, punjab, southern states etc and people fighting individualistic battles against LJ etc.
For the above reasons, I think a centralized structure would be the best. Consider a crude example, what if india itself was administered in decentralized manner, could Ladakh on it's own stand up to the chini mischief while maha or kerala continue to import chini maal by the billions? Decentralized structure works great if we live in a vacuum and every temple can just focus on their own issues. But we don't. There's a reason why catholic church, which is governed top-down rather than bottom-up, have been so successful over so many centuries. We can arrange the internal organs whatever way we like but the temple management must absolutely be concentrated in a brain at a national level.