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Dear all,

I Came across this article in a local publication (which publishes religious  and spiritual articles) about plans going on in building a church in  Tirumala (up in
Tirumala and not Tirupati). In fact the article said  already there are 7 churches in Tirupati. The CM of AP Mr. Y. Samuel  Rajashekar Reddy (who is a convert to Christianity) is providing all the  support for the same from the government, which manages the whole temple through T.T.D (the trust which manages all the temples at Tirumala and   Tirupati).    
As a step towards this, they have already converted the Executive Officer  of T.T.D into a christian (again, this officer is appointed by the  government itself). The plans came  to light when 100 acres of land, up in  Tirumala, was put to auction
by this executive officer and these Christian missionaries started bidding for it. The question was, why are they  trying  to sell the land while the temple is not at all in  need of any money? Even  if  the temple needed money, there are FDs from T.T.D worth more than 15,000  crores in various banks, which can be withdrawn at any time. Over the  years, it was a guideline followed by  T. T.D not to sell any land to anyone. They used to lease the land for  different  Mathas (like our Kashi Matha) and Chathras. The lease period was not more than 30 years which needed renewal after it expired. This being  the case, why would they sell the land now? The whole article was based on  what was published in a daily newspaper in AP  called "Andhra Jyothi".
 
Even when the British were in power (pre-Independence), they did not dare  to come to Tirupati/Tirumala with their conversion plans. But now, with the  help of our own people, they are crossing all the  limits of toleration. We  need to spread this awareness among all
our people so that this can be  stopped if possible. So, I humbly request all of you to post this message  in all the religious forums you have access to and spread this shocking  news.
Report in The Hindustan Times dated 26th July 2005 states:
MINEAPOLIS: Opposing the construction of a church at the sacred Tirumala  Hills, 23 Indo- American  organizations in Houston have  urged Prine Minister  Manmohan Singh to ask the Andhra Pradesh
Government to maintain the  sanctity of the religious place which is a holy shrine for the Hindus world over. Agitated by media reports from India that the AP government was  actively considering the  application of a religious society to build a  church atop the Tirumala Hills, the abode of Lord Venkateshvara, these  Indo-
American organizations held an emergency meeting at Houston on 16th July to discuss the issue. The meeting decided to send a
representation to   the Prime Minister. 
  So please get everyone to
sign the pettition via the link given herebelow:

http://www.petitiononline.com/save7hil/petition.html
Also, please forward this message to the people we know.


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