 "Good god! At this salary, you may want to be a priest at Padmanabha Temple")
If only we all had someone like Gopal Subramaniam negotiating our salaries.
The Times of India reports that the senior advocate, appearing as amicus curiae before the Supreme Court in the Padmanabhaswamy Temple proceedings, opined that the Kerala temple’s priests should get salaries of up to Rs 5 lakh per month. Yes, per month. The temple had shot to fame after it was revealed its vaults held over Rs 1 lakh crore worth of gold and jewels.
In a report that listed out the hierarchy of the temple’s priests, Subramaniam has said in a report to the Supreme Court that the salaries should be hiked as the current salaries are not commensurate with the positions. He further states that housing and domestic help should be provided.
Another of Subramaniam’s recommendations is security for the priests who feel threatened after word got out that they are the keepers of the keys to the temple vaults.
At present, former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai has been appointed to audit the vaults.
Firstbiz columnist S Muralidaran had a rgued thatwith Rai’s appointment, the apex court may have confused fearlessness for competence.
Read the entire _TOI_story here .