NRI's build Temples - Helps none.

NRI's build Temples - Helps none.

By spending tens of Millions of Dollars NRI's build Temples. And they spend millions on their maintenance every year. But what is the practical use of those Temples to Hindu Community? None. Hindus can also pray God in their own homes, why we need these expensive Temples?

Hindus forgot the real reason behind constructing Temples. The main reason is to bring devotees together and allow them to work for the community. Some how we lost the meaning of real reason, and build buildings, install countless murthy, dress them every day, spend money on flowers and other items, pay interest on the loans taken to construct building.

Devotees (Caste Hindus) come to visit the Temple at their own convenient time, cautiously look around, stare into the blank faces of other devotees, half heartedly put "one Namaskaar" to the main murthy, make one circle around main murthy, sit there for few minutes, and leave the temple. This is what you experience in any Temple. Where is the interaction? Where is the discussion on issues facing by the community? Where is the leadership? Where is the plan of action for the betterment of the community? Where are the resolution to unite all Hindus irrespective of Castes? Where is solution for Caste hatred? Where are the resolutions for curing maladies that accumulated over time?

Where are the social doctors(not medical)? Where are the social psychiatrists (not medical)? Where are the advisers (elderly)? Where are the guides (elderly)? Where are religious leaders? Why we have no vigorous religious discussions? Why we fail to address the problems in the faith? Why there are no cures for social evils? Where are the programs to help poor, illiterate, children, elderly and women?

NRI's build many Temples, but you can not expect any support from Temples. The Committee or Management of Temples collect money from you and install one more murthy, in addition to several hundreds already there. They never bother about individual's social and psychological needs. No social counselors at Temples. The Priests are not trained to address social and psychological challenges facing by ordinary Hindus. The Priests are only trained in to changing cloths of idols, and parrot limited mantras that they learned earlier.

How difficult it is to hire/appoint social counselors at Hindus Temples? We need a futuristic leadership? No more installations of murthy's at Temples, spend the money on Education, Hospitals, building Hindu organization. Hello, don't build more temples, but build institutions that can serve poor and illiterate Hindus. We don't want drugs or medication (Temples) to prolong the ills in the community, but want cures for the ills. This is only possible when we empower common Hindus to participate in community building.



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