Thread by @girishalva

This Shivaratri visited nearby Shiva temple run by the trust.

Clean, peaceful, excellent crowd control, polite archakas. Priest explained me work done by temple trust during Covid

We managed our temples for 1000s of years, what happened in last few decades?

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In 1878, British colluded with local leaders & took over properties of Puri Jagannath temple.

'Secular' India used Hindu Religious Endowments Act to take over temples.

Hindus, only Hindus are not considered capable of managing their temples on their own.

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Without any fear or guilt, misappropriation and looting of:

- Temple Donations
- Temple properties
- Temple gold
- Ancient murthis
- Temple rituals
- Temple upkeep....

Its painful to see many Archakas are paid peanuts, some temples have no oil for lamps! :(

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"Once temples were pillars of strength and source of divine energy for Hindus"

But today, these temples are sources of 'secular loot', which is resulting in...

- Both Spiritual & economical poverty of Hindus.
- Rampant conversion.
- Demographic invasion.

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Today we are weakened from within.

Our southmost state should be a warning sign of our future:

- Economy in the hands of one!
- Education, health in the hands of the other!

In the middle helpless Hindus, w/o support, are left at the mercy of conversion!

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We need a foolproof process to effectively manage temples in this modern times:

-Devotees to manage
-An auditable process

Whichever Hindu orgs selflessly works for liberating, should be whole heartedly supported.

Govts will have no choice but to listen.

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