G Sudhakaran, Minister for Temple Affairs in Kerala, hinted at establishing a Tantric University to arrest the falling standards of rituals performed in the temples. The minister for quite sometime has been lashing out at the spiritually ignorant and corrupt priests in the state. He expressed his views before the Justice K S Paripoornam Commission, which is probing the alleged corruption in the Devaswom Board – the temple governing body in Kerala. Indian Express reports The minister said top Hindutva scholars, Vedic exponents, and spiritual gurus will be roped in as faculty. The university will run courses for aspiring priests, besides running continuing education programs for those already working in temples. However, the government doesn’t plan to insist that all priests be required to pass the courses. “The idea is to properly educate them on important spiritual areas and ritual practices, and bring them up to the required standards.” Teachers at the university