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082			_a342.0852 KAS
100			_aSingh, Kashmir.
245		0	_aLaw of religions institutions
260			_aAmritsar
260			_bGuru Nanak Dev University
260			_c1989
300			_a568 p.
520			_aImpelled by the craving for tranquility and enlighten ment, the people, rich and poor alike, contribute liberally for religious and charitable purposes. They even go beyond their means for endowing the religious institutions. The Indian rulers from ancient times had also considered it as their duty to endow the places of worship. Thus these places have become the repositories of wealth. The proper utilisation of this resource, if done with the sense of social engineering, can become a powerful instrument for uplifting and modernising the Indian community. This can be effectively realised if the religious institutions are properly managed and controlled So the regulation of affairs perta ining to religious institutions through law is a necessity. fo Instead of becoming a source of welfare and progress for all the religious institutions have become an exploitative instrument in the hands of power elite. Throughout the history of civilisied mankind, the church and state, the king and the priest has been in league to exploit this source. The dominant power elites are still using unfairly the religious institutions of all the faiths. This has been amply proved by the findings of the Hindu Religious Endowments Commission and of the Dargah Khwaja Saheb Enquiry Committee.
650			_aReligious and ecclesiastical institutions
942			_cB _2ddc