{"id":245,"date":"2026-09-04T09:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T08:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/hrce-minister-suggests-waiving-temple-phone-deposit\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T08:22:11","slug":"hrce-minister-suggests-waiving-temple-phone-deposit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/hrce-minister-suggests-waiving-temple-phone-deposit\/","title":{"rendered":"HR&#038;CE Minister Suggests Waiving Temple Phone Deposit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-133744773,imgsize-9314.cms\" alt=\"HR&#038;CE Minister Suggests Waiving Temple Phone Deposit\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2>Devotees may soon be exempt from the \u20b95 fee for mobile phone safekeeping at state-managed temples.<\/h2>\n<p>The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&#038;CE) Minister has indicated that the \u20b95 deposit currently levied for the safekeeping of mobile phones at temples could be waived. This announcement suggests a potential relief for devotees visiting various temples across the state, particularly those under the HR&#038;CE department&#8217;s purview.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, visitors are often required to deposit their mobile phones at designated counters before entering certain temple premises, with a nominal fee charged for the service. The Minister&#8217;s statement opens the possibility for these charges to be removed, aiming to enhance the convenience for worshippers.<\/p>\n<p>Further details regarding the implementation of this waiver across specific temples are awaited from the department.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tags: chennai temples, hr&#038;ce, phone deposit, devotee convenience, temple rules, minister announcement<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devotees may soon be exempt from the \u20b95 fee for mobile phone safekeeping at state-managed temples. The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&#038;CE) Minister has indicated that the \u20b95 deposit currently levied for the safekeeping of mobile phones at temples could be waived. This announcement suggests a potential relief for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}