Guest guest Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Don't miss this program and help by forwarding this to your friends. People if they live remote can still help even in small amounts $5, $10, $15 (in any denomination) by just clicking the " donate " button below. ====================================================== Don't miss this exciting and entertaining Kuchipudi Ballet and Music Extravaganza organized by Global Hindu Heritage Foundation. Donate generously to protect our Hindu religion and save temples !!! Global Hindu Heritage Foundation www.savetemples.org Dec 14, 2008 (Sun), 2 – 6 PM North Brunswick High School 98 Raider Lane, North Brunswick, NJ 08807 Directions at http://nbtschools.org/nbts/Directions Suggested Donations: $50, $25, $10 (Tax Deductible) Pay Online at www.savetemples.org ($12 at the venue. Free for children under 8. Snacks will be available.) Email: savetemples " KUMARA SAMBHAVAM " Grand Professional Kuchipudi Dance Ballet by Sri. PASUMARTHY SARMA & Smt. Lakshmi Bapu w/ 19 dancers " GANA SWARA LAHARI " Light & Semi-Classic Musical Extravaganza in Different Languages by Smt. ANITA KRISHNA & team with Orchestra " There are 2,07,000 temples in Karnataka & the total income of these temples are Rs 72 crores per year. Only Rs. 6 crore is spent by government for temples, 50 crores for the madrasas and 10 crores for the churches, 6 crore for other activities. In a period of 5 years, 50,000 temples will be closed for the want of funds in just Karnataka alone. " -Sri Sri Ravishankar, 2005 Temples in India are under Government control. Only 18% of revenue generated is said to be given back for temple maintenance, while remaining 82% is used for other purposes by Govt. at their discretion. Looting, massive sale of temple lands, demolition, encroachments is occurring all over AP, Kerala, Maharastra, Tamil Nadu & Karnataka. As a community it is our duty to protect temples to save our religion, art, culture and traditions. Eenadu TV Interview on plight of Hindu Temples. What are the Funds Used for? Funds are used for awareness campaigns and legal expenses. Several illegal sales of temple lands were challenged in High Court and put on hold. Kamal Kumar Swami of GHHF walked 3500 Kms (padayatra) visiting temples in hundreds of villages bringing awareness. This culminated at Tirupathi in Jan 2008 attened by 10,000 devotees including many Saints, Dr. Subramanian Swamy and others. Currently he is conducting second padayatra for 5000 Kms to end in Tirupathi in Feb 2009 (expected to be attended by 50,000), bringing attention to the plight of Hindu Temples to devotees, media and the Govt. Future action plan is to challenge this discriminatory law in Supreme Court of India. Presentation on threat and the actions taken. About Artists " Natyacharya " Pasumarthy Venkateswara Sarma hails from Kuchipudi village of Andhra Pradesh, initiated into Kuchipudi dance under the tutorship of Sri Vedantam Radheshyam & Sri P.V.G.Krishna Sarma and trained by legendary Padmabhushan Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam. Anita Krishna & her team are popular singers. They gave excellent performances in USA in several languages in semi-classical/folk songs. Please Donate Consider donating even if you are not attending the program. Donations of even small amounts ($5, $10, $15 or more) make a difference. For tickets to the program. Contact: SaveTemples, Satya Nemana (732)762-7104 snemana, Sunanda Thali (732) 252-6792, Vasant (732) 319-8155, Damu Gedala (856) 577-7112, Murthy (732) 277-7606 Visit www.SaveTemples.org for more details A Non-Profit organization with EIN 41-2258630 under Section 501c. All your donations are tax-exempted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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