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Thermophilic fungi are known to present in various habitats. The enzymes secreted by the thermophilic fungi are also known for their ability to produce thermostable enzymes which are capable of improving the quality of various industrially important products. Several microorganisms are known as potential sources of enzymes but due to the thermostability thermophiles have gained much importance. More and more numbers of microorganisms are being screened for enzyme activities day by day. The new findings in these directions would allow to explore new area in the extreme industrial process. The present study was aimed to isolate the thermophilic fungi from three compost wastes sites such as Cattle dung, Goat farm waste and Poultry waste and screened the potential producers of lipases, cellulases and proteases respectively. The thermophilic fungi were isolated from about same depth from collection sites with a temperature of 45OC and later screened for their thermophilic nature. Further study of enzyme activity showed the presences of lipase, cellulase and protease producing fungi present in samples collected from selected sites. The isolated fungi were screened for enzyme activity in liquid medium for 10 days at 45OC. Culture filtrate obtained from the medium of production were used for the assessment of enzymatic activity. The Rhizomucor pusillus (1B) has shown highest lipase activity 22.147 U/ml and Thermoascus aurantiacus (2C) was observed with highest cellulase activity 30.056 U/ml and highest protease activity 34.059 U/ml was obtained from isolates 3C of Thermomyces lanuginosus. Further detailed studies with respect to these strains could be done to utilize them in industrial applications.