The autonomously run mutts or mathas are not temples and are exempt from the purview of the HR&CE Act. They’re self-sustaining industrial complexes that stretch beyond religion.
The BJP is spearheading temple freedom movements in southern states, but successive BJP-led governments have taken the opposite tack in Uttarakhand, with pushback from Hindu groups.
Tamil Nadu's HR&CE Dept is on the frontlines of this war. They're credited with saving temples from casteist rot, but also stand accused of mismanaging temples & disenfranchising priests.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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