https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/expert-view/deven-choksey-on-importance-of-temple-economy-and-what-to-expect-from-reliance-in-q3/articleshow/106888143.cms?from=mdr

Deven Choksey, MD, DRChoksey FinServ Pvt. Ltd, says India has got about 35 lakh mandirs across the country and small and big mandirs and most of these bigger mandirs are getting transformed into the bigger places, including the Puri Temple in Odisha or Mahakal in Ujjain, for that matter Varanasi and now Ayodhya; next could be Mathura. All these new temples are reviving the economy of those particular places where probably these new structures, new places of worship are coming up. In my viewpoint, easily 15% to 20% of India's population is dependent on this kind of economy.