Revival of temples

[Guest guest]

We see the topic of reviving the glory of divya desams

coming up often. Revival of temples is not a matter of

adhoc reaction of a few well intentioned devotees. We

have to understand the root cause for the degradation

of temples. These temples flourished in the amcient

times because the society was centered around the

temples. With the advent of kali, there has been a

decline in religious practices. In the last 1000

years, the muslim invaders eliminated the educated

brahmins causing a serious brain drain. With the

sponsor from the Queen of Britain, the Jesuits went

about writing pseudo-intellectual work ridiculing the

vedic literature. This has caused the intelligentsia

to distance themselves from the vedic tradition. In

the last 50 years, caste and communal politics led to

corruption in temple endowments by governement

officials. Even though there is a lot of money coming

in to Tirupathy, that is not used for maintaining

other sri vaishnava temples but for colleges etc.

 

The first effort in the direction of long-term revival

is to bring back the intellectual population back in

to the mainstream. Today, we can reach out to most of

the educated people over the internet. The message of

joy of devotion, intellectual depth of vedic

literatures, the history of temples, the history of

exploitation and the need for revival etc., can be

carried out to the intelligentsia atleast in part over

the internet. A good multimedia presentation on the

internet would attract a sustained audience. The same

done in the temples will attract the local population.

Unless the local population is educated, involved in

day to day affairs and festivals, there is no

attachment for them. Last but not the least, an

element of social service has to be there which ties

the community together. People look forward to career,

business and marriage opportunities in life. Help and

guidance from the successful part of the community

would definitely help put the society together.

 

 

 

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