>
> > This brings me to a huge economic presence in India which keeps a
> very low
> > profile..the administration of funds of religious bodies, like the
> Wakf
> > Board, the Church of South India, and so on. The CSI owns immense
> amounts
> > of property, and I simply have no clue how the money is
> administered...
>
>
> and, in the case of that decentralized ("Ultimate" or otherwise)
> religion -
> the devastanam properties belonging to individual temple trusts. Just
> as
> opaque. And perhaps more litigation afflicted.
However, it is a bit unfair to directly compare "individual" temple trusts
to the Wakf or CSI which control vast swaths of property under a single
organization.
- Vinit