Namaste All,

Please forward this link on petition to the Hindus of
this world...
request, take out sometime to protest this highly
controversial
anti-Hindu step by the secular UPA government

http://www.petitiononline.com/41207/petition.html

Dhayavadah

Dipti

To: The President of India
SAVE HINDUS’ RIGHT TO WORSHIP
RESTORE THE MANAGEMENT OF PLACES OF WORSHIP TO THE
HINDU COMMUNITY

To:
THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA
Rashtrapathi Bhavan, New Delhi
Your Excellency,

This is to bring to your kind attention a grave
aberration in the
governance of the Democratic, Secular, Republic of
India in its practice of
Secularism enshrined in the Constitution. The
Constitution guarantees
that the government will not interfere with the
religious
institutions of the people since India is a Secular
Country.

While this is followed in letter and spirit in the
case of the
minority religions this is being violated in the case
of Hinduism.
>From colonial times the Hindu temples are being run by
the state and central governments in many places and
the revenue from these places are being routed for
non-religious purposes of the state. There is also
rampant corruption in the handling of these funds as
those delegated to the management of these are not
chosen for their faith or commitment to the cause.
While the incomes from the Churches of the Christian
community or the Mosques of the Muslim community get
utilized for their own community and religious
purposes this is not the case with the Hindu
community.

Thus the places of worship of the Hindu segment are in
turmoil. As
there are not enough funds from the Secular
governments available to
the Hindus for religious purposes they are at a double
disadvantage.
This money donated by the Hindu pilgrims ought to have
been used exclusively for the places of worship and
the community needs but this is not possible now.
There have been reports that these funds also get used
for the benefit of other religions, like giving
subsidies for Haj pilgrims, from the Muslim community.
Since the Hindu community has negligible international
support unlike other religions this leads to a major
handicap.

Our enquiries reveal that the Tirupati Thirumala
Devasthanam (TTD) in
Andhra Pradesh generates nearly Rs. 500 crores
annually and 90% of
this money is reportedly going for non-Hindu purposes.
There are also allegations about the non-Hindu
administrators appointed to run the temple. This is a
clear discrimination against the Hindu population. In
Kerala the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala and the
Guruvayoor temples, to take two instances, also
generates huge incomes which presently gets diverted
to other sectors of state apart from getting misused.
Large number of Hindu temples are in need of repairs
and renovation but these funds are presently not
available for that purpose. Neither is this available
for the pressing community purposes.

>From the funds of the Guruvayoor temple a major part
was recently
committed to the state administration for building
public sewerage
systems by the state government designated officials.
The
Poonkavanam area of the Sabarimala forest temple
comprising of several
hills and worshipped and conserved by the devotees was
taken over
during the British times and presently the Govt. of
India is asking
that the temple pay Rs. 6 crores as compensation for
50 ha of land
given for pilgrim facilities. This is as against the
thousands of
hectares taken over by illegal encroachers,
predominantly of the
Christian community, in nearby areas with no
compensation, with state support. This also has to be
seen in the backdrop of the temple revenues worth
crores going to the government for the last several
decades.

As your kind self is aware there is enormous inflow of
international
aid to the non-Hindu religions mainly from the
Christian
organizations and these are being used to lure the
poor Hindu populations
in to their faith. Since the donations make the people
loyal to the
donors there is every possibility that they act later
on behalf of
them. It is a clear case of bribing in the name of
religion. There is
no way for the Hindu population to arrest this
marauding activity through redoubtable international
aid as the temple revenues are being diverted to other
needs by the government. Lapses in temple
administration are frequently reported.

Since the rich countries of the world are
predominantly Christian in
the post-colonial world and they have used faith and
trade as tools
for subjugation in the past it is quite likely that
this situation
will clearly jeopardize the faith of the majority
people in India very soon and also, we are afraid,
compromise the countrys sovereignty. It is also
a clear violation of the rights of the individual when
the money
donated to a temple by a devote is used for purposes
other than what
is intended. There are also reports of non-Hindus and
atheists
appointed by various governments to administer temples
which can be ritually damaging and is a violation of
the principles of justice.

Hence we request that your excellency kindly intervene
that :
- The Hindu places of worship be left to the Hindu
community just as the Christian and Muslim places are
being managed by the respective communities.
- That appropriate systems be evolved to manage the
temples where the Hindu saints and scholars have the
final say
- Stipulate that the revenues generated at the temples
be used only for the purposes of the places of worship
or the Hindu community needs by statutory provisions
- Help evolve a uniform country wide management policy
with regard to the administration and upkeep of
temples with the guidance of competent Hindu saints
This plea on behalf of the affected Hindu community is
to ensure that India remains a true secular democratic
country. That the sense of resentment does not lead to
break down in communal amity. Also that India’s
sovereignty is safe guarded. Else the places of
worship of all other communities including their
international aid be brought under the scrutiny and
management of the various governments. Also enquiries
be constituted as to where the funds arrive and to
what use they are put to through time. This anomaly
has been existing since long and our appeal to your
excellency is to help us get justice atleast at this
late hour.
..
Thanking you

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Sincerely,

The Undersigned










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