Stealing Temple Pilgrim's Donations

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Stealing our moneyOn 13th March Andhra Pradesh minister for endowments D

Sivarama Raju presented a cheque of Rs 1 cr to Chandra Babu Naidu, for CM's

relief fund, from the Tirupati kitty, which is the donation of lakhs of Hindu

devotees, for Hindu establishments and Hindu temples. This is a shocking misuse

of money we give to our temples and nothing short of day light robbery.

Unfortunately, only for Hindus, the funds and temples are being controlled by

the politicians. It is more unfortunate because Naidu is seen as an anti-Hindu

politician who conducts only Iftar and Christmas party for the vote of

minorities and condemns Hindus at every opportunity. Some 584 acres of land of

Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam property worth Rs 200 cr is encroached, there were

1000 cases filed against it and even some 30 cases were won by government, yet

the AP government had withdrawn all the cases.

One of my relative was the Kerala State Devaswom Board commissioner in the

sixties. What I came to know from him was quite shocking. For the appointment

of chief priests in some of the well-known temples in the state, the

politicians collect huge bribes, the reason being that the chief priests can

collect very large amount of money within a year and they want a share of it in

advance.

In Kerala Communists have appointed non-believers and one can guess its effect

on temples. Since my birth I have not seen a single Hindu organisation or

association or trust or anything connected with Hinduism, interacted with me,

my family or my known Hindu friends, even though we all have donated thousands

of Rupees to various temples over the years. Hindus are growing up in isolation

whereas Christian and Muslim religious organizations are always at hand to help

them. Hindu establishments in the hands of any government are like entrusting

ones property in the hands of a bunch of thieves. Returning the religious

establishments back to Hindus will protect the assets, and enable us to have

some form of social support for Hindus, which is absent at present. Till the

law comes up, I advise everyone to stop putting money in the temple kitty and

donate it directly to Hindu charities.N KrishnaHyderabad