Tirumala heritage structure demolition

[Guest guest]

Dear Sir,

Why the archaeology department of the Government of India is

not coming forward to say anything, regarding the demolition of

600 plus year old '1000 pillared mantapam' and other heritage

structures ? Whether the protection of such centuries old

structures are left to the public ? If TTD is the custodian of

their own structures, can they do what ever they want with

them like removing or replacing. Just if TTD says that it is

to make way for bigger constructions or if it says that the

mantapam is not presently being used for vedic rituals then

can they remove structures of heritage ?. On that lines

can Charminar and Taj Mahal which are not presently being used

for any religious purposes can be removed to make way for making

other big projects for public welfare ? When the Government

of India is spending crores of rupees on the departments of

Archives, Archaeology etc, why then the common man is asked to

defend for himself for protecting the heritage buildings like

that on Tirumala ? If the departments of the Government of

India cannot protect such heritage buildings, then it is

better to assign the same to International Organizations like

UNESCO. Even the media is simply taking one sided approach

without verifiying facts and publishing nonsense views of

immature people who still are favouring such demolitions either

on flimsy grounds or by levelling baseless accusations against

people like His Holiness Tridandi Srimannarayana Ramanuja Chinna

Jeeyar Swamiji who had to trouble himself in defending the

presence of our invaluable heritage structures instead of

concentrating on his massive touring and educating people on

the importance of our holy vedic scriptures like Srimadramayana,

Srimadbhagawadgita, Upanishad etc.

 

Dr.K.Ramakrishna

Plot No.8, Progressive Colony,

Manovikasnagar, Secunderabad - 500009