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Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Wonder how many of them will follow the “guideline” since its just a guideline. Is MHS going to come out with some compliance sticker or publish a list of compliant temples on its website? Would the community be interested in such compliance?
BTW, someone said got 20,000 thousand over temples, but MHS says got only 3,300. We have 222 parliament constituencies. Can we find an average of 100 temples each parliamentary constituency?
All the Hindu temples in the country will have guidelines by the end of this month, Malaysian Hindu Sangam (MHS) president RS Mohan Shan said today.
He said the guidelines would comprise the suitable rules and regulations that a temple should practise in order to preserve the rituality.
“So far, there are no suitable guidelines for a temple to follow, and they are free to do all kinds of programmes at any time they wish.
“We are going to bring out the guidelines on how a temple should be positioned, which temple to conduct which celebration, and how to manage a temple,” he told Bernama.
The guidelines, among others, would encourage all the temples in the country to start providing community service, he said, adding that the management of temples should also think of the community, and not just religion and rituals.
“The guidelines will be prepared by a religious advisory board involving all Hindu association presidents and also religious experts,” he said.
So far, Mohan Shan said, only 2,000 of the 3,300 Hindu temples in the country have registered under the MHS.
“We are asking all our local council members to approach the temples to become members of the MHS as we are the only organisation that deals with temple issues,” he said.
