'Hindu Temples for Hindus' (Wake up Hindus! Protect your culture and religion!)

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A worthy message for all to read, please circulate to all Hindus

 

" Hindu temples for Hindus "

 

RED ASSAULT ON KERALA'S HINDU TEMPLES

 

WAKE UP, O HINDU, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

 

HINDUS in Kerala and all over the world are today struggling as never before to

keep their Dharma alive.

 

Which religion in the world except Hindu Dharma calls upon their followers to

pray " Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu " ( " May all creatures in the world be

happy " )?

 

Hindu faith is the sum total of rituals, traditions and good thoughts.

 

While all Semitic religions are failing, Hindu culture is growing well even in

former communist countries. Churches in Europe, America and Russia are being

turned into Hindu temples while the Hindu way of thinking has entered even the

forts of Semitic religions.

 

But there have always been people who have tried to destroy the Hindu Dharma.

How many pitiable stories are there of religious conversion of Hindus at the

point of a sword, destruction of Hindu idols, looting and conversion of temples

into mosques and churches! That Hindu culture has survived despite such

assaults, and it is its greatness.

 

Hindu temples are focal points of this culture that gave birth to so many great

sages. The Hindu's concept of God begins in temple rituals and traditions. The

Hindu satisfies his/her soul by seeing his/her own divinity in the idols in the

temples. Temples have also been symbols of Hindu culture for ages.

 

It was Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya who laid down the rules for temple rituals.

Strict temple rituals in Kerala have created powerful deities. That is why

Kerala is known as Gods Own Country. It is in Hindu temples of Kerala alone that

the world's most powerful rituals for Pooja are still practiced.

 

Temples and rituals related to temples were the bedrocks of our culture until

recently. Local people took care of the temples even before the start of rule by

kings. Even the king considered himself a servant of the deity of the temple. To

help the temples meet their costs, the kings gave away acres of land to the

temples and declared their incomes from these lands tax-free.

 

During those days, the aristocrats strived for the welfare of the temples. Hindu

culture woke up every day within the walls of the temples.

 

After the state of Kerala was created, Devasom Boards were created to help run

the affairs of isolated temples smoothly. A governing body which included

Mannathu Padmanabhan and R. Shankar took over the reins. Hindu society thought

that this would help organize the temples of Kerala, particularly those of

Travancore, along sound lines.

 

However, most of the tenants of temple lands were non-Hindus. The temples lost

all these lands as a result of the so-called land reforms inflicted by EMS and

the cunning moves of P.T.Chacko. The once wealthy temples were reduced to penury

almost overnight.

 

This created the circumstances which helped the government to assert its

authority over the temples since it had become almost impossible to meet the

day-to-day needs of the temples without government help. What began to crumble

were not just the temple but also the faith of the Hindus. What stood in the way

of the spread of communism was Hindu spirituality. By impoverishing the temples,

the evil intentions of EMS succeeded!

 

Every succeeding government in Kerala worked to weaken Hindu culture. Customs

gradually died out and many temple arts became extinct. This strengthened

communist thinking. Malabar, where many temples had been destroyed earlier by

Islamic invader Tipu, became a fertile breeding ground for communism.

 

If the temples of Travancore and Kochi can also be destroyed, the Hindu's

interest in temple rituals will decrease and this can speed up the growth of

communism. This is the secret aim of the present anti-God political leadership

of Kerala.

 

The temples once belonged either to families or local Hindu communities. They

were never built or run with income from tax on the whole Kerala society which

includes non-Hindus. " Temples belong to Hindus alone " . The temples are the

blood, sweat and traditions of the Hindus.

 

It is right of people who believe in Hinduism to keep temple customs and

traditions alive. Atheistic Communists need not worry about keeping Hindu

traditions alive. That has to be decided by believing Hindus alone.

 

The temple ordinance that the Kerala government has brought, should be thrown

into the Arabian Sea. It is not for a government deeply hostile to Hinduism,

that includes non-Hindus, to decide on Hindu customs. How many ministers are

there in the present government who took their oath of office in the name of

God? Is it not true that even the Devaswom minister is an atheist? What can such

an atheist do to save the religion and temples of the Hindus?

 

Is it not true that the entry of politicians into temple managements created the

circumstances for massive corruption? Is there any field where politicians have

not been corrupt? Realizing God was the ultimate aim of temple managements

before the entry of politicians.

 

Every Hindu must get ready to oppose this temple ordinance. It must be resisted.

The Hindu should never allow this black law to be imposed on his society. This

ordinance must be resisted even at the cost of one's life.

 

The management of Hindu temples should be the right and the duty of Hindus

alone. " Hindu temples for Hindus " should be our slogan.

 

Let the responsibility of management of Kerala's temples go to the revered

Sannyasis. Kerala must have a panel of Sannyasis on the model of Tirupati or

Sivagiri. That panel should select five or seven members as leaders to manage

the temples.

 

A true Hindu spiritual leadership can be created if a judge appointed by the

Supreme Court selects the panel from all the Swamis of all the ashrams in

Kerala. This panel should have all the authority and responsibility to protect

and administer all the temples and to provide spiritual leadership to the Hindu

society of Kerala.

 

The name " Devasom Board " itself must change since it has come to mean a business

enterprise. It must be renamed as the Kerala Temple Management Committee (Kerala

Kshetra Bharana Samithi).

 

This committee should control the financial matters of the temples. The money

donated by Hindu devotees is their offering to God and cannot be deposited in

the government's treasury to provide subsidy and tents for Haj travelers to

Mecca. The money donated by Hindu pilgrims to Sabarimala cannot be allowed to be

used to pay salaries of Kerala government servants. This is not tax that rightly

belongs to government, rather it is the devotee's own offering to God (Kanikka).

This money should be used only for the smooth running of temples. If needed,

more money can be found in the general budget. The government's treasury must

provide the temple with needed funds just as they provide subsidy for Haj

travelers around 300 Crores every year.

 

Hindus rightly fear that the new ordinance brought by the Kerala government will

deny them their right to manage their temples. If the ordinance becomes a law,

government nominee will have the right to control any temple ritual or custom.

Kerala's Hindu society justifiably fears that, as happened in Bengal, the

government will try to destroy temple rituals through its representative on the

temple management Committee (Kerala Kshetra Bharana Samithi).

 

Even the study of temple arts, study of the Bhagavad Gita and other spiritual

activities may come to be controlled by the government. The spiritual committee

consisting of Sannyasis must therefore have the full responsibility for

administering Hindu temples.

 

It was the so-called minority communities who stole the ancestral land of

Kerala's temples. As compensation, the government budget should make a provision

for financial help to the temples.

 

The development of Sabarimala and facilities for devotees much be taken up

urgently. Any development there must be with the knowledge and sanction of the

committee consisting of Sannyasis. This committee must be completely free of

politicians. The Devaswom minister himself has admitted that corruption is the

objective of the politicians, whether belonging to the left, right or centre.

 

The temple committee must also be free of influence of community leaders as many

of whom treat Hindu shrines like Sabarimala as a milky cow. Many of these

leaders have looted crores of rupees from the devotees of Lord Ayyappan. Some

of them are even willing to accept the temple ordinance. Not only they have no

devotion to Sabarimala, even daily poojas are not conducted in the many temples

controlled by these community leaders. These leaders, who have lost the faith of

the community, are betraying an entire community for a little cash for

themselves.

 

The CBI must inquire into corruption in Sabarimala during the past 30 years.

 

Wake up, O Hindu! The houses of our faith and spirituality are in danger. If the

present trend continues, the next generation will see temples as museums. We

will forever lose the temples that showered light and grace on us for ages.

 

The ordinance was implemented in a manner never ever heard before. No Hindu has

protested the extreme haste with which this dangerous new ordinance was brought

in. No decision in such a matter should have been taken without consulting our

revered saints and Sannyasis. The present ordinance is a conspiracy to implement

the agenda of the atheists. Since no minister in the present has taken his oath

of office in the name of God, they have no moral right to take a decision in

religious matters.

 

Are they planning to hold PSC exams for Devaswom jobs with the aim of providing

jobs for their slogan-shouting atheistic followers who even insult the

judiciary?

 

A temple employee must be knowledgeable about religious customs and rituals.

Devotees should not allow temples to become business centers. The Kerala Temple

Management Committee must be the only agency for administration, appointments

and all matters related to temples. No appointment should be allowed on the

basis of chits from the party office.

 

Kerala's Hindu culture has been greatly damaged by its spiritual leaders staying

away from the cultural and social scene. Sannyasis must at least now descend

from their ashrams to the midst of common people. Will spirituality survive

after all the temples of Kerala have been destroyed? Leaders of other religions

are active in the social, cultural, spiritual fields of their respective

communities and often intervene to ensure gains for their community. Are Hindu

Sannyasis alone forbidden from doing the same?

 

It is time for spiritual leaders, Acharayas, Swamijis and Madathipathis to come

out in the open and inspire and guide Hindus to preserve, protect and promote

Hindu Temples, rituals, traditions, and festivals. Spiritual practices and

dissemination of valuable, informative and spiritually uplifting Vedic

literature without preserving our Temples would be difficult. Hindu destiny is

at stake. It is time for Saints and laymen to make a choice to fight against the

Marxist take over of our Temples.

 

Organisations like Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Kshetra Samrakshana Samiti, SNDP

Yogam, Samastha Kerala Nayar Samajam and All Hindu organizations from abroad

should take up the matter urgently.

 

We must also urgently appeal to the President of India, the Supreme Court Chief

Justice and the Kerala Governor to help defeat this black law.

 

We must act not only to inform the Hindu about this black law but to make

him/her angry, indeed incensed, about it. We must get the message across to

every Keralite Hindu by all means including phone, e-mail, fax, SMS. We must

also inform all Hindu leaders and ashrams to urgently wake them up to the danger

all of us are facing.

[Guest guest]

Thank U for your Hindu mind at a time Hindu unity is utmost needed.At the

mammoth Attukal Pongala to Mother, the turnout yesterday was 25 lakhs. The

temple is managed by private trust run by localites without any interference by

Govt.Let the Govt keep its hand away from temples to enable temples to be

managed by local Hindus

Dr. Harishankar

 

 

 

Dev Maharaj <dev_maharaj

shakthi_sadhana

Sunday, March 4, 2007 9:55:02 AM

'Hindu Temples for Hindus' (Wake up Hindus! Protect

your culture and religion!)

 

A worthy message for all to read, please circulate to all Hindus

 

" Hindu temples for Hindus "

 

RED ASSAULT ON KERALA'S HINDU TEMPLES

 

WAKE UP, O HINDU, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

 

HINDUS in Kerala and all over the world are today struggling as never before to

keep their Dharma alive.

[Guest guest]

it may not be that simple. They can appoint board members. thats all. The funds

are audited by the High Court under the T-C HR & CE Act.

Justice Paripoornan had earlier on ruled that temple funds cannot be used for

secular purposes. That is still the LAW.

I played an insignificant role in these matters from 1990 to 1996.

There will be small problems but by and large interference will be limited.

But what concerned Hindus must see is that the annuity payable under the Land

Reforms Act is paid to the temples.

 

 

harishankar harishankar <bsharishankar wrote:

Thank U for your Hindu mind at a time Hindu unity is utmost needed.At

the mammoth Attukal Pongala to Mother, the turnout yesterday was 25 lakhs. The

temple is managed by private trust run by localites without any interference by

Govt.Let the Govt keep its hand away from temples to enable temples to be

managed by local Hindus

Dr. Harishankar

 

 

Dev Maharaj <dev_maharaj

shakthi_sadhana

Sunday, March 4, 2007 9:55:02 AM

'Hindu Temples for Hindus' (Wake up Hindus! Protect

your culture and religion!)

 

A worthy message for all to read, please circulate to all Hindus

 

" Hindu temples for Hindus "

 

RED ASSAULT ON KERALA'S HINDU TEMPLES

 

WAKE UP, O HINDU, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

 

HINDUS in Kerala and all over the world are today struggling as never before to

keep their Dharma alive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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