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Dear Captain Desikan,

Thanks for your wishes and your views.

I think the vaishnava community should look at not
only the recital of hymes and performing rituals but
also take stock of what state we are today.

I have been observing the pictures of Divya Desams
being released in this group. I am thankful and happy
that some one is doing it. I would be further happy if
the same persons does a little more than just visiting
these divya desams.

To quote an incident:-

I was fortunate to visit the temple at Tirupallani..(
During July - 2001) What a sad state of affairs...

The temple I was told had no money to pay the
electricity bill... and there was no electricity in
the temple.We have to visit the temple before 6.00 PM.
The day I went I was lucky since Ramakrishna mission
was performing a "Villaku Pooja" and a big batch of
local members of the mission were there from a
neighbouring village and with the generator the lights
were on in the temple and the bajans went on until
8.00 PM ( a lucky day for the temple and archakas).

This generator I was told was gifted to the temple by
TVS but since the temple does not have adequate
resources they could not afford to either pay the
electricity bills or run the generator filling
kerosene. 

The reasons are ofcourse obvious. 

1) There are a fewer devotees visiting the temple and
contributing to the welfare of the temple.
2) Most of the deveotees who visit the temple have
limited objective of being there for maximum one hour
( some behave like tourists visiting a museum )and
they do not bother to extend their service to the
temple, spend a little more time inquiring the welfare
measures of the temple
3) The lands and properties which once belonged to the
temple gifted by those with good intention have all
been misappropriated and there is no good trustee who
can make it a working mechanism.

We can put tel conference, we can do bridge lines and
also we can sit and mediate at home reciting all the
slokas but I wish to remind you all that if this basic
system of temple, priests and temple revenue is not in
place we know what we can expect in another 50 years
and what we will be passing on to our children.

Let us act wisely...

we are a gifted community by our intelligence but our
contribution to Microsoft and Intel is a thousand
times more than ensuring a simple thing like ensuring
the temple lights are burning and rich legacy is kept
flowing unadulterated..

Any one out there listening can share your views..

sureshvr19@xxxx

Let us do our little part..








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