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"M P Bhattathiri" <mpmahesh

"narsimhan csl" <cslnarsimhan

Cc: "Ram Anbil" <Ramanbil; "sukumar" <sukumar; "V

Madhav" <Madhavakkannan.V

Saturday, November 01, 2003 9:30 PM

Re: Temple protection movement- an appeal

 

 

> Dear

> All hindus should take care of this. Prceless valuables are already lost

> from temples by the foriegn rule and we all rise to the occasion and

> protect our heritage.. The 3 times of looting of Somanathe Temple is black

> mark in the history of India,

> bhattathiry

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> "narsimhan csl" <cslnarsimhan

> "Ram Anbil" <Ramanbil; <Srirangasri>

> Cc: <s.ramachandran

> Saturday, November 01, 2003 4:57 AM

> Temple protection movement- an appeal

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Dear Bhagavathottamas,

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> We all have very well realised that temples are

> central for the continuance of our traditions and cultural heritage. Our

> acharyas have established beyond doubt that Lord, invited by us

('prathishta

> of deity is equivalent to this') is living along with us for our benefit

in

> the form of 'Archvatharam' which is similar to his performance in

> Krishnavatharam. Swamy Deshikan has aptly put ' Aapeethaath mouli

paryantham

> pashyathaha Pusrushottamam, Pathakaanyaashu nashyanthi

> kimpunasthuupapathakam' which means Lord exists in the form of

archavatharam

> to help us see him and get us rid of our sins. Unfortunately, today the

> existence of these institutions are challenged by legislation 30/87

enacted

> by the late N.T.Rama Rao Government in A.P. during 1987. This legislation

> along with abetting administration and conniving vested interests have

> created irrepairable damage to the institutions leading them to loss of

> their glories. There are about 31000 temples in Andhra

> Pradesh alone which are completely without daily poojas. Excessive

> corruption, just like in any other govt. body has crept into the temple

> administrations which have lead to progressive commercialisation of

> religious activities. Darshan tickets which creates differences among

> devotees before the lord is in itself a shame on our religious system.

Over

> and above this the corrupt authorities are rolling and re-rolling the same

> numbers so that the collections are not really adding to the intended

temple

> fund. Websites sport a variety of arjitha sevas which are fantastically

> designed by qualified MBAs to attract devotees. There is also vested

> interest involved here. Strangely, it is only our hindu religious

> institutions which resort to such methodology to generate funds. Other

> institutions world wide are flourishing better with different means.

Temples

> are places for selfless service and not places to make money! Today money

> collected from the rich temples of A.P goes to the Govt

> exchequer to pay hefty salaries to the officials. Yet poor Archakas are

> left to fend for themselves. Many prime temple lands have been auctioned

for

> pittance and temples reduced to penury, while crores of money and land

have

> been eaten away by the land grabbers in connivance with the authorities.

> Certain erstwhile pious temples have been reduced to gambling dens where

> alcohol and meat too finds place. Thanks to the anti-corruption bureau

which

> brought to book some corrupt officials and recovered crores from them. But

> thats only the tip of the ice-berg. Many nice temples have slowly lost

their

> art pieces and some of them even their utsava moorthies and one can

imagine

> the plight of priceless jewels and ornaments. Having identified the tools

of

> destruction of the pillars called 'temples' in the form of the legislation

> and excessively conniving authorities and vested interests, having singled

> out the pests, it is now time to strike with a heavy and weighted iron

hand

> in the form of an

> organised move to stop everything which has been the offshoot of this

> legislation. As a first call for mass protest, the Temple Protection

> Movement convened by Prof. Soundararajan has requested all the devotees to

> refrain from buying tickets for various sevas in all the temples. Its a

> month since this call has been given and there is a great response from

the

> devotees. Prof. Soundararajan, my father, has asked me to communicate this

> widely to the Bhagavatottamas of the net and appeal for their support.

This

> is my first communique in an attempt to bring in awareness.

>

> Sajjana Padapadma parama renuhu

> Lakshmi Narasimha dasan

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