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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

 

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

 

haindava_keralam

Contact Email:

In association with

Shree Vidyadhiraja Vikasa Kendram, Thiruvananthapuram

Contact Email: gsvvk

 

Sincerely,

 

The Undersigned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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