Authority of Committee to incur expenditure for certain purposes.

The committee may, after making adequate provision for the purposes referred to in

sub-section (2) of section 21, incur expenditure out of the funds of the Devaswom for all or any of the following purposes, namely:—

1. (a) Maintenance (including repairs and reconstruction), management and administration of the Temple, its properties and the temples subordinate to it;
2. (b) training of archakas to perform the religious worship and ceremonies in the Temple and the temples subordinate to it;
3. (c) medical aid, water supply and other sanitary arrangements for the worshippers and the pilgrims and construction of buildings for their accommodation;
4. (d) promote and propagate the tenets and philosophy associated with the Temple;
5. (e) to give any grant or contribution to any poor home or other institutions established and maintained for the benefit of the persons mainly belonging to the Hindu Religion;
6. (f) the construction of buildings connected with the affairs of the Devaswom; and
7. (g) the making of any kind of donation to any religious institution: Provided that no expenditure shall be incurred for any of the purposes mentioned in clause (g), unless the same is sanctioned by custom or practice associated with the Temple.