Bruce's Code
Bruce's Code is a set of rules for the management and administration of temples of Tirumala and Tirupati and the servants, enacted by East India Company in 1821 A.D.
These were the well-defined rules formulated as a code having 42 provisions to ease the administration of temples of Tirumala and Tirupati on the basis of customs and previous usages without interfering in the day-to-day affairs.[1]
Purpose
The objective of the britishers taking over tirupati temples was to generate fixed revenue to the circar(government by organising the income of the temple to prevent misappropriation and mismanagement of temple funds through systematic administration.[2]
External links
- http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2418/stories/20070921507609300.htm
- http://blog.offstumped.in/2010/08/18/laissez-faire-for-our-temples/
- http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:C9Ie7QfG-v8J:www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2418/stories/20070921507609300.htm+%22ttd+act%22+1932&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
- ^ [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:C9Ie7QfG-v8J:www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2418/stories/20070921507609300.htm+%22ttd+act%22+1932&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Well-defined rules contained in the Bruce Code drawn up in 1821 on the basis of previous usages and customs and did not interfere in its day-to-day affairs]
- ^ [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Ob5REUVgpVMC&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=Bruce+Code+rule+for+tirupati&source=bl&ots=c-s9gcef26&sig=_BV4UPBxmFEqYfACGLWRNNJYYUQ&hl=en&ei=S-JXTdA-weGsB_X0jYYH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=Bruce%20Code%20rule%20for%20tirupati&f=false Valuable work done by britishers in systematising the administration of the Tirupati Temple]