(1) The funds of the temple may be utilised for all or any of the following purposes, namely:-
(i) the administration and maintenance of the temple and the performance of the daily worship and ceremonies and the observance of festivals therein;
(ii)the foundation and maintenance of hospitals and dispensaries for the relief of the pilgrims and worshippers visiting the temple;
(iii) the construction and maintenance of dharmshalas and rest houses for the use and accommodation of such pilgrims and worshippers;
(iv)the provision of water supply and other sanitary arrangements therein;
(v)the acquisition of any property authorised by the State Government and;
(vi)the construction and maintenance of roads and communications and the lighting thereof for the convenience of the pilgrims and worshippers .
[(vii) the payment of allowances to the Goswami and the members of his family.
Explanation- The expression "family" for the purpose of this Act shall include the wife, sons, daughters, mother, brothers and sisters of the Goswami.]
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(2) Without prejudice to the purposes referred to in sub-section
(1), the Board may, with the previous sanction of the State Government, order that the surplus funds of the temple be utilised for –
(a) the establishment of a university or a college in which special provision is made for the study of the Hindu religion, philosophy and Shastras generally or of the tenets of the Pushtimarg faith in particular and for promoting the cultivation of Indian arts and architecture;
(b) promoting the study of Sanskrit and Hindi ;
(c) the establishment and maintenance of a hospital or a leper asylum for the benefit of Hindu generally;
(d) the construction and maintenance of a poor home for destitute persons professing the Hindu religion who are physically disable and helpless and;
(e) any charitable, religious or educational purposes not inconsistent with the objects of the temple.
(3) The order of the Board under sub section (2) shall be published in the prescribed manner.