Archive · 8 Sep 2026
Indore Division Orders Audits and Managers for 24 Temples
Officials in Indore reviewed how 24 temples are being managed.
Seven temples are in Indore district and 17 are in Dhar district.
Each temple will get a manager appointed on behalf of the Divisional Commissioner.
Officials must check the temples’ stored items within 10 days.
They must also record donations, valuables and their estimated values.
Temple committees have to meet within 15 days and send reports.
Development projects must protect the temples’ original appearance.
Work at Bilvamriteshwar Temple includes a boundary wall, guest facilities, toilets and other buildings.
Divisional Commissioner Bhaskar Lakshyakar reviewed 24 temples managed by his office across Indore and Dhar districts.
Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildars must convene temple committee meetings within 15 days and submit reports.
A manager is to be appointed for each temple, while inventories must undergo physical verification within 10 days.
Officials must assess temple assets, donations and valuables, maintain income-and-expenditure records, and manage temple lands properly.
Bilvamriteshwar Temple development works worth Rs 5.5 crore must be completed on time without altering the temple’s original architectural character.
- Who
- Divisional Commissioner Bhaskar Lakshyakar directed Tehsildars, Naib Tehsildars and other officials involved in temple management and development.
- What
- A review of 24 temples ordered committee meetings, manager appointments, inventory verification, asset valuation and oversight of development works.
- When
- The directions were issued at a review meeting on Monday; committee meetings are due within 15 days and inventory verification within 10 days.
- Where
- The temples are in Indore and Dhar districts of Madhya Pradesh, including Bilvamriteshwar Temple at Dharampuri in Dhar district.
- Why
- To improve temple administration, document assets and finances, verify inventories, manage temple lands and ensure timely, quality development while preserving architectural character.
- Temples reviewed
- 24 temples under the control of the Divisional Commissioner
- District distribution
- Seven temples in Indore district and 17 in Dhar district
- Committee deadline
- Temple management committee meetings must be convened within 15 days
- Inventory deadline
- Physical verification of temple inventories must be completed within 10 days
- Asset records
- Cash donations and valuables must be inventoried, maintained and assigned estimated values
- Bilvamriteshwar project
- Development works worth Rs 5.5 crore have been underway since 2025
- Project components
- The Bilvamriteshwar project includes a boundary wall, Sant Niwas, toilets and blocks