The backstory being that Vishnu is paying off an infinitely large loan to Kubera, which he'd taken for his wedding, with the revenue from this temple (including 70 crore diamond studded crowns presented by iron ore robber baron politicians)
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Udhay Shankar N Sent: 11 August 2010 11:04 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [silk] Getting in (and Out of) Line On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Vinayak Hegde <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm comparison of jumping queues in nightclubs and temples in > successive lines. Tirupati has always struck me as being in the > forefront of crass commercialisation of people's (misplaced ?) faith. > Maybe god wants special privileges for the moneyed :). Tirupati is explicitly all about parting devotees from their money as efficiently as possible. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
