Mindless Destruction on Tirumala Hills

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Dear Sir/Madam,

 

CAR RALLY BY DEVOTEES ON 6th NOV'04

 

WHY THIS MESSAGE FOR YOU?

If you have come to read the mail from the subject, I am sure you would be

interested in knowing more about this. In any case, please ignore this message,

if it is not intended for you.

 

THE FACTS YOU WANT TO KNOW?

The facts about the happenings at Tirumala since Nov' 03 are very startling.

This is being perpetuated, and public is misguided in the guise of " Better

facilities to piligrims". Please be informed about the correct position by going

to the links.

 

 

Direct Links:

English:

http://www.chinnajeeyar.org/ttd/books/TTD%20facts%20English%20Book%2032%20pages.\

pdf

 

Telugu:

http://www.chinnajeeyar.org/ttd/books/ttdfacts_tel.pdf

 

http://www.chinnajeeyar.org/ttd/books/Mahaprakaram%20Telugu%20Matter.pdf

 

Hindi:

http://www.chinnajeeyar.org/ttd/books/TTD%20NEWs%20hindi.pdf

 

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

You can understand the real issue and identify the facts from fiction.

You can pass on the information to your friends and neibhours.

You can participate in the car rally on the 6th Nov from Vijayawada to Tirupati.

You can also try to put the facts on the local media

You can oppose the mindless destruction of our heritage and culture by writing

letters to the concerned authorities.

 

Jai Srimannarayana

 

 

 

 

>

> Message: 2

> Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:20:02 -0500

> "A Devotee"

> A land of beauty to a land of beasts!

>

> Other day I visited the Supreme Court of Ohio in

> Columbus. Fantastic building. Everything in it's

> pristine beauty. Marble, paintings, doors, water

> fountains, the bathrooms and so on. I asked the

> guide how were they able to retain the age old

> beauty and how old the building was.

>

> Bldg is hardly over 100 years old. There was dust

> filled all over, the seats were in bad shape and all

> the paintings were filled with smoke (people in

> olden

> days were allowed to smoke in the buildings), the

> doors were squeaking, the floor/pillars were getting

> damaged, the outer building was all messy. The

> government banned smoking in the buildings first,

> then renovated the entire place.

>

> They did not take down the entire structure. They

> did not blow the place

> away with bombs. They restored the paintings with

> utmost care, the walls, the chairs etc using special

> techniques. They even made sure the carpet was saved

> and it was of the same color and every single piece

> was salvaged and saved. There were pictures of

> presidents, cheif justice and others who lived just

> 50 to 100 years ago and there was a note on the wall

> saying these great people walked in this corridors

> and worked here. I felt so happy to have walked in

> the same corridor as some of the people who are

> believed to be some of the greatest people on earth.

>

>

> It is a fantastic place to visit. It's only 100 or

> so years old. It is considered heritage, a

> historical building.

>

>

> Now go to the most famous place on this Earth,

> Tirumala in India. The richest place. There is

> destruction all over. Entire place has been 'bought'

> down using bombs. Alas I don't find the 1000

> pillared Mandapam any more, where we used to sit and

> do astakshari japam and meditate on Lord, while we

> were kids. TTD destroyed the hill and places of

> historical value, our heritage ---- not hundred but

> over thousand years old. 600+ year old 1000 pillared

> mandapam is not to be seen. I can't find the places

> where the greatest visionaries on earth lived. All

> their places the great saints walked, lived have

> been destroyed. I wanted to sit and bow to the place

> where our forefathers lived. I wanted to spend some

> time in the garden where our forefathers spent time

> spreading the message of peace in this world. There

> was no garden, there was no mandapam, there was no

> kutiram, there was no matham. All I found was

> rubble, mud and deep craters created by bombs. No it

> was not a terrorist act. It is just a TTD act!

>

> Alas,.........What happened? What went wrong?

> Did a land of beauty become a land of beasts?