Section 53(2) in The Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987
(2)A person for succession to the office of the mathadhipathi under sub-section (1) shall possess the following qualifications, namely:-(a)basic knowledge of the Hindu Religion and Philosophy ;(b)knowledge of the relevant scriptures and sampradaya to which the math belongs ;(c)capacity to impact the knowledge and preach the tenets of the math to the disciples ;(d)religious temparment with implicit faith in discipline and practice ; and(e)unquestionable moral character.
