464:
172:, within which Tirupati district is situated had sent a report to the board of revenues showing the full account of the institution, together with schedules, pujas, expenses, and extent of lands etc., known as "Statton's Report" on the tirupati Pagoda. These reports though small are in the same lines as the earliest report submitted to the British government on
102:, the net income of the temple was appreciated by the secular authorities for their own functioning by depriving the temple lands from the non-Hindu rulers either through self-aggrandizement or through alienation of certain hereditary servants of the temple in order to ensure permanency of service in the temple. Consequent to the death of
307:
There has always been lots of money floating around Balaji, tempting the East India
Company in 1748, nine years before the battle of Plassey, to devise insidious ways of wresting control of the unending revenue source. A few years later, it finally browbeat the Nawab of Arcot into giving the Company
184:
temple funds were brought to the notice of board, the
British East India Company passed the Regulation VII of 1817 to check the abuses. Through the regulation provided, the duty of the board was only "general superintendence and not detailed management". However, the Board interfered in almost all
319:"The temple controlled a lot of land and the East India Company was quite open about its greed, as were the French and the Mysore kings," said Varadachary, a Tirupati historian.The East India Company made around 25,000 pounds every year from the temple in the mid-1750s.
34:
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.
55:) by organising the income of the temple to prevent misappropriation and mismanagement of temple funds through systematic administration and to justify the transfer of the funds to the British coffers for their expenditure.
252:"After the fall of the Hindu empires, the Tirumala and Tirupati temples came under the sway of the Nawabs of Arcot, and with the advent of the English, the management passed into the hands of the East India Company in 1801"
176:
by "Grome" and "Garrett". British rulers used "Statton's Report" to control and manage the institution till a set of rules for the management of the temple and the servants, were framed in 1821 A.D known as "Bruce's Code".
330:
History of the Hindu religious endowments in Andhra
Pradesh - Page 124 - Court of Directors strongly resented the participation of officers in administration and management of Hindu Temple during the reign of Queen
277:
History of the Hindu religious endowments in Andhra
Pradesh By Koutha Nirmala Kumari - Page 123 - In the early years of Nineteenth Century, temple of Tirumala was taken over by East India Company from Nawab of
134:
to enable them recoup its expenditure incurred as a loan to the Nawab of Arcot, in spite of temple along with
Paragana of Tirupati was held as property of Nawabs of Arcot nominally.
385:
As to the medieval history of the TTD with the advent of the
British, the management of the temple of Lord Venkateswara had passed into the hands of the East India Company in 1801
204:
temples by reason of its management of these religious institutions and ordered its relinquishment of their administration of religious endowments. It came into effect in 1842-43
229:
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
379:
291:
346:
228:
368:
251:
411:
602:
318:
306:
384:
329:
276:
239:
474:
428:
165:
into their domain and whereby assumed the direct administration of the
Tirupati temples for the sake of income of the temple.
710:
130:
along with his successors ran into enormous debts to
British. Nawabs of Arcot assigned the revenues of the temples to the
404:
620:
420:
360:
577:
397:
190:
181:
20:
288:
185:
aspects of the administration of the
Tirumala and Tirupati temple. Bruce, the then Commissioner of the
158:
127:
115:
372:
255:
189:
district formulated a Code containing 42 provisions, known as "Bruce's code" for the guidance of the
200:
strongly resented the participation of the Company's officers and men in the idolatry conducted in
180:
Between 1805-16, due to many instances and complaints about misappropriation and mismanagement of
592:
138:
173:
639:
528:
507:
107:
656:
538:
523:
482:
240:
Valuable work done by britishers in systematising the administration of the Tirupati Temple
8:
587:
463:
436:
142:
131:
88:
24:
677:
567:
354:
688:
502:
492:
487:
308:
total and direct control of the temple's administration. This continued till 1843
295:
146:
99:
84:
628:
610:
572:
533:
497:
209:
162:
123:
111:
80:
44:
704:
452:
103:
661:
582:
52:
389:
19:
is a set of rules for the management and administration of temples of
446:
47:
in taking over Tirupati temples was to generate fixed revenue to the
557:
186:
169:
633:
562:
197:
380:
A Comparative Study – Lord Jagannath Temple and T.T. Devasthanam
682:
150:
119:
72:
48:
201:
196:
This interference continued till the "Court of Directors" in
64:
205:
154:
92:
76:
68:
28:
71:, the temples of Tirumala and Tirupati came under the
83:, the management of temples were transferred from
702:
349:. Archived from the original on 2 November 2010.
153:by organising the income of the temple. By 1801
137:After the establishment of Board of Revenue at
405:
149:to generate fixed revenue per annum to the
412:
398:
161:dispossessed the Nawabs of Arcot, annexed
145:took over the management of temple from
419:
703:
393:
208:, in the early years of the reign of
23:including the servants, enacted by
13:
462:
14:
722:
339:
369:"Laissez Faire for our Temples"
168:In 1803, the then Collector of
75:rulers during the 18th century
323:
312:
300:
282:
270:
244:
233:
222:
1:
215:
118:as Nawab of Arcot serving as
711:Tirumala Venkateswara Temple
650:People related to the temple
7:
10:
727:
159:British East India Company
128:Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah
116:Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah
58:
38:
670:
649:
619:
601:
550:
516:
473:
460:
427:
359:: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
98:During the reign of the
67:empires by 18th century
593:Vaikuntam Queue Complex
289:- Page 2 - Bruce's Code
193:temple administration.
467:
79:. With the arrival of
529:Abhideyaka Abhishekam
466:
191:Tirumala and Tirupati
182:Tirumala and Tirupati
43:The objective of the
21:Tirumala and Tirupati
657:Tarigonda Vengamamba
539:Tirumala Shanivaralu
524:Srivari Brahmotsavam
483:Tirumala Dhruva Bera
294:21 July 2011 at the
588:Tirumala ghat roads
551:Geography and sites
421:Venkateswara Temple
347:"Benign benefactor"
468:
143:East India Company
132:East India Company
89:East India Company
63:After the fall of
25:East India Company
698:
697:
678:Vaikuntha Ekadasi
568:Seshachalam Hills
718:
508:Tirumala Krishna
503:Koluvu Srinivasa
414:
407:
400:
391:
390:
376:
375:on 21 July 2011.
371:. Archived from
364:
358:
350:
333:
327:
321:
316:
310:
304:
298:
286:
280:
274:
268:
267:
265:
263:
254:. Archived from
248:
242:
237:
231:
226:
174:Jagannath Temple
126:. Consequently,
726:
725:
721:
720:
719:
717:
716:
715:
701:
700:
699:
694:
666:
645:
615:
597:
546:
512:
493:Malayappa swami
488:Bhoga Srinivasa
469:
458:
423:
418:
367:
352:
351:
345:
342:
337:
336:
328:
324:
317:
313:
305:
301:
296:Wayback Machine
287:
283:
275:
271:
261:
259:
258:on 12 July 2011
250:
249:
245:
238:
234:
227:
223:
218:
147:Nawabs of Arcot
100:Nawabs of Arcot
85:Nawabs of Arcot
61:
41:
12:
11:
5:
724:
714:
713:
696:
695:
693:
692:
685:
680:
674:
672:
668:
667:
665:
664:
659:
653:
651:
647:
646:
644:
643:
636:
631:
629:Tirupati laddu
625:
623:
617:
616:
614:
613:
611:Ananda Nilayam
607:
605:
599:
598:
596:
595:
590:
585:
580:
575:
570:
565:
560:
554:
552:
548:
547:
545:
544:
541:
536:
534:Pavithrotsavam
531:
526:
520:
518:
514:
513:
511:
510:
505:
500:
498:Ugra Srinivasa
495:
490:
485:
479:
477:
471:
470:
461:
459:
457:
456:
449:
444:
439:
433:
431:
425:
424:
417:
416:
409:
402:
394:
388:
387:
382:
377:
365:
341:
340:External links
338:
335:
334:
322:
311:
299:
281:
269:
243:
232:
220:
219:
217:
214:
210:Queen Victoria
139:Fort St.George
108:Nawab of Arcot
60:
57:
40:
37:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
723:
712:
709:
708:
706:
691:
690:
686:
684:
681:
679:
676:
675:
673:
669:
663:
660:
658:
655:
654:
652:
648:
642:
641:
637:
635:
632:
630:
627:
626:
624:
622:
618:
612:
609:
608:
606:
604:
600:
594:
591:
589:
586:
584:
581:
579:
576:
574:
571:
569:
566:
564:
561:
559:
556:
555:
553:
549:
543:Vasantotsavam
542:
540:
537:
535:
532:
530:
527:
525:
522:
521:
519:
515:
509:
506:
504:
501:
499:
496:
494:
491:
489:
486:
484:
481:
480:
478:
476:
472:
465:
455:
454:
453:Varaha Purana
450:
448:
445:
443:
440:
438:
435:
434:
432:
430:
426:
422:
415:
410:
408:
403:
401:
396:
395:
392:
386:
383:
381:
378:
374:
370:
366:
362:
356:
348:
344:
343:
332:
326:
320:
315:
309:
303:
297:
293:
290:
285:
279:
273:
257:
253:
247:
241:
236:
230:
225:
221:
213:
211:
207:
203:
199:
194:
192:
188:
183:
178:
175:
171:
166:
164:
160:
156:
152:
148:
144:
140:
135:
133:
129:
125:
121:
117:
114:'s installed
113:
109:
105:
104:Chanda Shahib
101:
96:
94:
90:
86:
82:
78:
74:
70:
66:
56:
54:
50:
46:
36:
32:
30:
26:
22:
18:
687:
662:Annamacharya
638:
603:Architecture
578:Natural Arch
451:
442:Bruce's Code
441:
373:the original
325:
314:
302:
284:
272:
260:. Retrieved
256:the original
246:
235:
224:
195:
179:
167:
136:
97:
62:
42:
33:
17:Bruce's Code
16:
15:
262:13 February
106:, the then
640:Sapthagiri
583:Sapthagiri
216:References
53:government
689:Śrī Sūkta
517:Festivals
447:Vaikuntha
141:in 1789,
705:Category
671:See also
558:Tirumala
355:cite web
331:Victoria
292:Archived
187:Chittoor
170:Chittoor
91:in 1801
27:in 1821
634:SVBC TV
573:Venkata
563:Alipiri
475:Deities
429:History
198:England
124:British
122:of the
112:British
81:British
59:History
45:British
39:Purpose
683:Garuda
437:Legend
157:, the
151:circar
120:vassal
73:Muslim
49:Circar
278:Arcot
202:Hindu
163:Arcot
65:Hindu
361:link
264:2011
621:TTD
87:to
707::
357:}}
353:{{
212:.
206:AD
155:AD
110:,
95:.
93:AD
77:AD
69:AD
31:.
29:AD
413:e
406:t
399:v
363:)
266:.
51:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.