tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501883.post2815036886274313057..comments2023-05-11T15:57:19.578+05:30Comments on Guruprasad's musings & more: what's wrong with our temples?Guruprasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14542501064006901857noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501883.post-20776096156265970862006-11-05T00:31:00.000+05:302006-11-05T00:31:00.000+05:30hi GP,
The Government should move out of running ...hi GP,<br /><br />The Government should move out of running companies / institutions and restrict itself to governance over a period of time. There should be questioning / debate in the media about this.<br /><br />However, I do not agree that all temples receive money enough for their upkeep and maintenance. While a few receive crores of rupees, there are a thousands of ancient temples that do not receive enough funds. So the Government should transition their role to trusts that would be run by people belonging to the village / town. This will bring the people of the village / town return to their roots.kcganeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17537425144477493445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501883.post-10042451061467206252006-11-02T11:58:00.000+05:302006-11-02T11:58:00.000+05:30If you look at the Hindu temples abroad, you will ...If you look at the Hindu temples abroad, you will find them as well maintained as any other temples. I think the major reason is that when you are 3 out of a hundred, you try to show your best, but when you are 97 out of a hundred, the incentive to shine out dies down. This also applies to the Chinmaya Mission temples, as the incentive to maintain a polished and clean look is very high there too.<br />If we come up with an incentive plan which awards a figure of merit (depending upon the cleanliness, etc.) to each temple, and this figure of merit is used to decide what percentage of the temple's funds go back to the temple (the rest is taken by the govt.) everyone will run to sweep their temples!!! This can also ensure that the funds of the temple infact ARE used for the temple and not the priests. But who will bell the cat?Zhenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08426360676831058163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501883.post-49432961132794925112006-11-01T17:35:00.000+05:302006-11-01T17:35:00.000+05:30The article is good .. i agree to some extent in t...The article is good .. i agree to some extent in terms of maintenance of temple (hindus)<br />I think the photos were limited for the visitors to have darshan of the holy place :)Binduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04438121581016169080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501883.post-56919379519200308142006-11-01T14:27:00.000+05:302006-11-01T14:27:00.000+05:30Gp i completely agree with you on the appauling co...Gp i completely agree with you on the appauling conditions of lot of temples which recieve crores of donations each year, as the matter of fact about 85% of all temples in the country are governed by the government and all the collections go to the govenrnment, only 15% is routed back to temple for it's maintainance etc.<br />However this rule does not imply to any of the minority worship places, government has a closed eye policy towards millions of dollars that come to church, which is then used to propogate and spread of christianity, no questions asked about where the funds are coming from where is it used, all in the name of minority appeasement policy of the govt, same is the case with mosque and madrassas,millions of donations from the middle east goes unnoticed and the boards are allowed to use these funds the way they like it, however with the hindu temples, this is not the case????A hindu temple need govt permission b4 using any of the funds it has recieved as donation????????? CAN WE KNOW WHY?/???....high time we start questioning such illogical policies of the govt which is in use ever since!!!!!!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247714206009690782noreply@blogger.com