Hyderabad, Aug. 18 -- The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which administers the Lord Venkateshwara temple in Tirumala in Tirupati district has begun the exercise an overhaul its accounting and financial management systems, people familiar with the matter said.

The exercise is being undertaken against the backdrop of questions about whether religious institutions require specialised accounting and financial-control frameworks following allegations of irregularities involving donations received by the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

"The proposed overhaul is aimed at plugging any possible loopholes in the accounting system, since the TTD handles large volumes of offerings, donations and other revenues," a senior TTD official said on conditio...