The literature on temple management in colonial and post-colonial India focusses on the dominant role of the trustees and the impact of state intervention. However, this article tries to grasp significance of the role of the stakeholders in the temple management as a bridge between the trustees and the state by analyzing the management history of the Rani Sati temple from 1957 to 2012. It will first explain the historical background of this temple and its managers, the Marwaris. The second section analyzes the form of the temple management from the 1950s to 1970s, and the judicial case against the traditional temple stakeholders, then chief priest and his family members. Because of the national controversy over sati in the late 1980s, public interest groups emerged as the new stakeholders of the temple. Third, this article clarifies the state’s intervention in the temple’s management according to the influence of new the stakeholders. By focussing on the role of the stakeholders, this article discloses how a state intervention can be initiated by the stakeholders and the possibility of transformation of the temple management.

JEL: M14, K41, Z12

在印度殖民地和后殖民时期的庙宇管理文献集中于受托人的主导作用和国家干预的影响。但是，本文通过分析1957年至2012年拉尼萨提寺的管理历史，试图把握利益相关者在寺庙管理中作为受托人与国家之间桥梁的作用的重要性。这座神庙及其管理者，马瓦尔人。第二部分分析了1950年代至1970年代寺庙管理的形式，以及针对传统寺庙利益相关者，然后是首席牧师及其家人的司法案件。因为国家争议的殉夫在1980年代后期，公共利益团体成为寺庙的新利益相关者。第三，本文根据新的利益相关者的影响，阐明了国家对寺庙管理的干预。通过关注利益相关者的角色，本文揭示了利益相关者如何发起国家干预以及寺庙管理方式转变的可能性。

JEL：M14，K41，Z12