Section 27: Authority of Committee to incur expenditure for certain purposes

The committee may, after making adequate provision for the purposes referred to in sub-section (2) of section 21, incur expenditure out of the funds of the Devaswom for all or any of the following purposes, namely:— 17

(a) Maintenance (including repairs and reconstruction), management and administration of the Temple, its properties and the temples subordinate to it;

(b) training of archakas to perform the religious worship and ceremonies in the Temple and the temples subordinate to it;

(c) medical aid, water supply and other sanitary arrangements for the worshippers and the pilgrims and construction of buildings for their accommodation;

(d) promote and propagate the tenets and philosophy associated with the Temple;

(e) to give any grant or contribution to any poor home or other institutions established and maintained for the benefit of the persons mainly belonging to the Hindu Religion;

(f) the construction of buildings connected with the affairs of the Devaswom; and

(g) the making of any kind of donation to any religious institution:

Provided that no expenditure shall be incurred for any of the purposes mentioned in clause (g), unless the same is sanctioned by custom or practice associated with the Temple.