Church in Tirumala hill- Shocking???

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Church in Tirumala hill- Shocking???

"Sriram Swaminathan" <brahmmasriram

 

Dear All,

July 1st, 2005 Telugu News Paper -

 

http://www.andhrajyothy.com, has published stunning news that the State Govt

headed by Christian Chief Minister Y.S.Raja Sekhar Reddy is considering

allocating a space to construct a Church abode the hill of Sri Balaji

 

Forwarded message attached below,

 

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I came across this article in a local publication which publishes religious and

spiritual articles) about plans going on in building a church in Tirumala (up in

Tirumala and not Tirupati). In fact the article said already there are 7

churches in Tirupati. The CM of AP Mr. Y. Samuel Rajashekar Reddy (who converted

to Christianity) is providing all the support for the same from the government,

which manages the whole temple through T.T.D (the trust which manages all the

temples at Tirumala and Tirupati).

 

As a step towards this, they have already converted the Executive Officer of

T.T.D into a Christian (again, this officer is appointed by the government

itself). The plans came to light when 100 acres of land, up in Tirumala, was put

to auction by this executive officer and these Christian missionaries started

bidding for it.

 

The question was, why are they trying to sell the land while temple is not at

all in need of any money? Even if the temple needed money, there are FDs from

T.T.D worth more than 15000 crores in various banks, which can be withdrawn at

any time. Over the years, it was a guideline followed by T.T.D not to sell any

land to anyone. They used to lease the land for different Mathas (like our Kashi

Matha) and Chathras. The lease period was not more than 30 years which needed

renewal after it expired. This being the case, why would they sell the land now?

 

The whole article was based on what was published in a daily newspaper in AP

called "Andhra Jyothi". Even when British were in power (pre-Independence), they

did not dare to come to Tirupati/Tirumala with their conversion plans. But now,

with the help of our own people, they are crossing all the limits of toleration.

 

We need to spread this awareness among all our people so that this can be

stopped if possible. So, I humbly request all of you to post this message in all

the religious forums you have access to and spread this shocking news.

 

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