Just days after the Siddhivinayak temple decided to move 40kg of its gold reserves to the government-sponsored Gold Monetisation Scheme, the Shirdi Sai Baba temple has made a similar pledge, but on a much larger scale.
The Sai Baba temple caretakers want to deposit 200kg gold with the government, but the glitch is the Bombay high court ban on the temple trust from melting the gold that has been offered by the devotees over the years.
In March 2012, the high court disbanded the 15-member committee of the Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust, which manages the Sai Baba temple at Shirdi, and installed a three-member panel till the new committee was formed, following a public interest litigation by two Shirdi residents.
To beat court ban, Shirdi temple pledges 200 kg gold to PM Modi’s scheme - The Times of India
The Sai Baba temple caretakers want to deposit 200kg gold with the government, but the glitch is the Bombay high court ban on the temple trust from melting the gold that has been offered by the devotees over the years.
In March 2012, the high court disbanded the 15-member committee of the Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust, which manages the Sai Baba temple at Shirdi, and installed a three-member panel till the new committee was formed, following a public interest litigation by two Shirdi residents.
To beat court ban, Shirdi temple pledges 200 kg gold to PM Modi’s scheme - The Times of India
