1. Siddhivinayak scam
On the contrary to this new law, it is a known fact that there are malpractices and mismanagement of funds belonging to Siddhivinayak Temple Trust which is under the control of the Government. The said Trust managed by the Government is giving donations of crores of rupees, holding meetings in seven star hotels thus playing with the feelings of devotees and wasting money donated by devotees. For the last 26 weeks (as of 10-Oct-06), on every Tuesday HJS is holding demonstrations in front of the temple against the said malpractices.Read more about Siddhivinayak Scam
2. Temple funds utilized for Haj and Madarsssas
Statement of Temple Collections & Utilization 1997-2002. (data received from the Revenue section of Tourism & Temples, Govt of Karnataka, excerpts from an article by Anjali Patel dated 29/10/2003 ( Figures in Crores.)Year |
Temple Nos
|
Temple Revenue
|
Temple Expenses
|
Madrassa, Haj
|
% of Revenue
|
Church
|
Others
|
Others Description
|
1997 | 2,64,000 |
52.3
|
17.3
|
9.3
|
18
|
3.0
|
22.8
|
Rural,women development.
|
1998 | 2,67,073 |
58.3
|
16.5
|
14.3
|
25
|
5.0
|
22.6
|
Health Rural.
|
1999 | 2,67,000 |
67.3
|
15.0
|
27.0
|
41
|
8.0
|
17.3
|
N.A.
|
2000 | 2,62,038 |
69.9
|
13.7
|
35.0
|
50
|
8.0
|
13.2
|
Haj Victims
|
2001 | 2,54,038 |
71.6
|
11.5
|
45.0
|
63
|
10.0
|
5.1
|
N.A.
|
2002 | 2,51,012 |
72.0
|
10.0
|
50.0
|
69
|
10.0
|
2.0
|
N.A.
|
Total |
391.4
|
84.0
|
180.6
|
20.7
|
44.0
|
83.0
|
||
$Mill |
87.0
|
18.7
|
40.1
|
9.8
|
18.4
|
"There are as many as 2,07,000 temples in Karnataka and the total income of these temples amounts to Rs 72 crore only a sum of Rs. 6 crores is being spent by the Government for their upkeep. On the other hand, the Government spent a phenomenal amount of Rs.50 crores for the madrasas and Rs.10 crores for the churches, and for the Hindu temples only a partly sum of Rs.6 crores is being spent". - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Art of Living Foundation) from Arsha Vidya Newsletter of Dec 2003).
Ref: http://www.esamskriti.com/
3. Evangelism in Tirupati (Tirumala)
Read more....4. Maxists takeover the temples in Kerala: Churches, Mosques excluded
The Marxist government in Kerala has dismantled the Hindu Devasom Boards and introduced new law for the complete take over of Hindu Temples in Kerala. Under the new law, Marxist government can appoint atheist, non practicing Hindus as temple managers and administrators. Government will have the ultimate control of managing temple workers, temple funds and distribution of funds. The goals are to loot Hindu temple funds and confiscate temple property. The new law will also helps Marxists to destroy Hindu culture, demoralize devotees and please their Muslim and Christian political partners.Read more…
5. A Report on The Plight of Hindu Temples in Bharat
Andhra Pradesh:
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AP State Government maintains 70,000 Employees State Endowment
board supported with 15-18% of income from every Hindu temple in the
state. Below are abuses under its Evangelical Christian Chief Minister
YSR.
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In 2006, Government attempted to take over 5 out of 7 Tirumala
Hills of 650 year old Tirumala Temple for Church and Tourism
Purposes.
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In March 2006, government demolished the 1000 pillar Mantapam at Tirumala.
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YSR's son blew up a temple. Recently 10 temples were demolished for a golf course.
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The charge that 85% percent of revenues from TTD be
transferred to state exchequer was not denied by the
state government.
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JRG Wealth Management Limited, a Christian
organization, was given the contract to procure"Prasadam" materials for TTD.
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TTD has to contribute 22 million Rupees annually to
a common good fund.
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Of the 420,028 acres owned by Temples in
Vishakhapatnam, Kakinada, Guntur, Kurnool, Warangal
and Hyderabad, 60,843 acres were allowed to be
occupied illegally while 2,349 acres are in
litigation. With a staff of over 70,000 in the
Endowment Department, there seems to be a lack of
initiative to take real steps to prevent illegal
occupation.
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On November 23, 2005, the government decided to
take complete control of Hindu mutts such as
Hathiramji of Tirupati, Raghavendra Swamy mutt in
Mantralayam, billions of rupees.
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In August 2005, government decided to sell 100,000
acres of Sri Narasimha Swamy Temple in Simhachalam and
other nearby Temples.
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On March 14, 2006, government auctioned 3,000
acres of Temple lands in East Godavari District.
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Govt. added a 50% surcharge on Maha Shivaratri day
to make it difficult for poor Hindu devotees to visit
temples.
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Govt. allocates 11 million Rupees to Churches for
their repairs and renovations.
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Govt. allocates 65 million Rupees to Mosques for
their repairs and renovations.
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Per 8/22/2006 GO 21, Govt. allocated Rs. 80,000
for each church for it's repairs and renovations and
15 million Rupees for constructing a new church.
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On December 18, 2006, the state government
announced that it is considering giving subsidy for
Christians to travel to Bethlehem.
Karnataka:
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Most of the money received from temples is diverted
to Muslims and Christians.
e.g., in 2003, 790 million Rupees were generated from about 200,000 temples. From that, Temples received only 71 million Rupees while madarsas and hajj subsidy received.591.5 million Rupees and Churches received 127.5 million Rupees.
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Diversion of Temple money to other religious
organizations could cause as many as 50,000 of the
260,000 temples in Karnataka to close down within five
years.
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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.
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All the hereditary Temples and Mutts have to
contribute 5% of their revenues to the Government.
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In November 2006, the state government announced a
grant of 30 million Rupees for the construction of a
Hajj House (for Muslims).
Tamil Nadu:
Sri Shankaracharya was arrested on false charges, installed the statues of anti Hindu Periyar in front of Sri Rangapatnam Temple against the will of Hindus and High Court, and illegally encroached on the Temple lands.Kerala:
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Guruvayur Temple money was diverted to other
governmental projects denying the improvements for 45
Hindu Temples.
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Church-backed encroachers occupied "huge areas of
forest land, running into more than a million acres
near Sabarimala while the government denied the
permission to use few acres to provide amenities to
Ayyappa devotees.
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Diluted the rituals at Sabarimala and levied taxes
on the income of the Temples.
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Grabbed the forest land of Ayyappa Temple.
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No state government since independence had ever
dared to take over one single church or mosque or just
one Rupee of their income or an inch of their vast
land holdings.
As a result, Global Hindu Heritage Foundation (GHHF)
is formed to protect, preserve, promote, and maintain
Hindu culture, Hindu temples, mutts, peethams,
endowments, Trusts and other institutions globally. To
achieve this objective, GHHF will take the necessary
and appropriate actions against all laws, policies,
and activities undertaken by any government, which
undermine the existence of the Temples. The ultimate
goal is to ensure all the Hindu Temples and other
Hindu institutions become independent of state
government control. GHHF is currently taking steps to
challenge the Endowment Act in the High Court and
Supreme Court. To this end, GHHF established an
organization in the name of Hindu Devalaya
Parirakshana Samiti in Hyderabad on December 8, 2006.
Yalamanchi 630-832-2665; Vinay Boppana 248-842-6964;
Satyanarayan Dosapati 732-939-2060.
E-mail: dharmasanatana@gmail.com.
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