Temple records should be digitised

There is a need for timely reforms in the way temple properties are recorded and preserved. At present, valuable items received in temples, including gold, are entered in registers and then moved to the strongroom. By checking the register, one can see what should be inside the strongroom, but to confirm whether the items are actually there, a detailed inspection is needed. Though the rules say that the items kept in the strongroom must be audited at regular intervals, this is not followed in most temples.

Usually, detailed checking with the register happens only when gold or other valuables go missing or are suspected of having been stolen from the temple. In the modern era, all valuables offered to temples can be recorded digitally and stored in computers. This would make auditing easie