Cost of srardham

[Guest guest]

Respected swamins,

I want to share a haunting thought of mine. I am a retired middle

class pensioner in Banglaore. For the past 3 or so years I find

things are becoming very costly for doing annual pitru srardhams.

The charges are like this: Rs.650 for Bruhaspathi + small coins

Rs.50, Rs.600 for 2 swmingals, Rs.700 for thaligai swami and the

provisions Rs. 600. Thus the total cost of a srardham is Rs.2600. I

have to do two per year and arrange for the srardham of my poor

sister who passed away. Many middle class bramins must be facing

this kind of music. Can any middle class person can afford such

costs? Whether any other people from other religion or even other

caste people would spend like this annually on remembering the

departed souls? Rs.500 if donated to an orphanate or oldage home

would feed atleast 25 mouths. Where is our sect heading towards. I

am sure that unless our sect wakes up and rationalise and regulate

these fleecing bruhaspathis, the whole custom of peforming such

rites would quickly vanish. It is time, our mutts start some

registered body where they should register these bruhaspahtis and

swamins and fix reasonable tariff also.

 

adiyen

Kochappaa