184:. The council of the trust was asked to oversee its functioning, including the running of institutions, prayer and meditation ceremonies, schools, and land and business associated with the trust. Any foreign religious person coming to the state was to be brought before the Maharaja, welcomed accordingly, and given parting gifts according to their status. Separate rules were prepared for all the different Gods and circulated accordingly. The trust would go on to include temples in Kashmir. Priests, including those on the furthest reaches of the Maharaja's territory, were to report occurrences to the state. The
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