Section 53(2) in Telangana 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 relevent scriptures and sampradaya to which the math belongs;(c)capacity to impart the knowledge and preach the tenets of the math to the disciples;(d)religious temperament with implicit faith in discipline and practice; and(e)unquestionable moral character.
