Jai Hind, How will Hindus help the poor when the govt. of India takes hindus donations in temples & gives it churches? In 1997, the Karnataka Government received a revenue of Rs 52.35 crore from 2,64,000 temples. Of this, Rs 17.33 crore was returned to the temples for maintenace; Rs 9.25 crore allocated for Madrasa development and Rs 3 crore for church development. The balance Rs 22.77 crore was diverted towards Government programs. The situation was much the same in 1998.
However, in 1999, the State collected Rs 65.35 crore in revenue; gave Rs 15 crore for temple maintenance, and diverted Rs 27 crore to Madrasa development and Haj subsidy and Rs 8 crore for church development. No details were available about the use of the balance Rs 17.35 crore. In 2000, the temples generated a revenue of Rs 69.96 crore, but received only Rs 13.75 crore for maintenance. The Madrasa-Haj subsidy rose to Rs 35 crore. In 2001, temple revenue further rose to Rs 71.60 crore, while maintenance grants shrank to Rs 11.50 crore, and Madrasa development funds rose to Rs 45 crore. Church development received Rs 10 crore. In 2002, the State received Rs 72 crore as revenue, returned Rs 10 crore for temple maintenance, and granted Rs 50 crore for Madrasas and Rs 10 crore for churches. Hindu friends protest that this studied neglect of temples under the direct control of the State Government could cause as many as 50,000 of the 2.6 lakh temples in Karnataka to close down within five years. Many ancient temples are in extremely poor condition, and their managements and priests carp about inadequate funds. Even salaries are not disbursed regularly, and priests are forced to survive on donations made by devotees in the aarti plate. In neighboring Andhra Pradesh, the Government withdrew a demand for Rs 36 crore from the Sri Venkateshwara Temple at Tirupati in July after a public furore and litigation in the High Court. There is, however, a move to take away temple lands and distribute them among poorer sections in the name of social justice. Around 3,000 acres of temple lands have been identified for takeover. Yet Government sources themselves admit that nearly 80 per cent of the State's temples have no income other than that received from the vested lands. Thus, once the lands are seized, many temples may fail to conduct daily puja. What is more, the Andhra Pradesh Government has failed to pay the Rs 28 crore compensation towards temple lands previously acquired for building bus terminals, police stations and other public utilities. http://www.esamskriti.com/html/new_insid… How will the Hindus help the poor? The Government has no right to take away money donated by Hindus in temples and give it away for churches and madarasas and haj subsidy! The govt. is giving Hindu money to the church so they can spend it to convert people to christianity! The church does not even have to spend it's own money! After all this, they blame Hindus for not helping the poor and the poor are instigated against Hinduism! Why are the Hindus Quiet on this? In a secular state the donations collected by Hindus should be spent on activities for the poor Hindus! Why don't Hindus protest against the Union of India? The churches and the Mosques have tax free status and can use their money as they see fit! Hindu money should be used to help the poor in the name of hinduism not in the name of christianity or Islam! Why are Hindus paying this Jizya in a "Secular Democracy"? No wonder the poor don't come to Hinduism! Despite Hindus donating so much at the temples to help the poor, the Hindu organisations have nothing to use to help the poor in the name of Hinduism as the Union of India robs it and gives it to the churches, madarsas and for sending the muslims for Haj! Hindus should fight for Hindu Dharma first and should put Dharma before India! Why do Hindus keep fighting for India when India robs them off everything? Other wise the Indian govt. will keep acting like Hindus are the host community and they should look after everything else. Hindus should demand equal rights from the union of India first! Jai Hind, Athish Ravikanth 9379030409, 09426349462, 9945969917 [email protected] http://groups.google.co.in/group/bharat-jagruti-morcha?hl=en -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OWNER : [email protected]; [!! Sriram Savarkar ¡¡] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sriram Savarkar" group. To modify your list subscription, please send a blank email to: For posting Messages: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] Visit Group : http://groups.google.com/group/sriram-savarkar?hl=en
