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Publication: Crusadewatch.org
Date: July 3, 2006
URL: http://www.crusadewatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=422&Itemid=95
Christian aggression in Tirumala: Pejwar Mutt
Swami appeals to all
The recent events that took place in Tirumala
Tirupathi are disheartening to every Hindu. It is stunning to find that nearly
50 Christian families are settled on Tirumala hill and no less than 20 persons
of Christianity are employed in TT devastanam.
Christian aggression on Tirumala: Pejwar Mutt
Swami appeals to all Hindus
Hindu society is holding its head high with
self-respect because of people like you practicing sadachara. Even so the
attacks mounted by other religions on Hinduism are repeated day after day.
This is most painful to note.
The recent events that took place in Tirumala
Tirupathi are disheartening to every Hindu. It is stunning to find that nearly
50 Christian families are settled on Tirumala hill and no less than 20 persons
of Christianity are employed in TT devastanam.
These families conducted Christmas prayers
on the Tirumala Hill, which goes to prove the complacency of the TTD Board.
These Christian elements are audacious enough to distribute Christian pamphlets
to devotees going to Tirupathi Temple. What is the Devastanam's vigilance
department doing? Such brazen acts on the part of Christians makes one suspect
that these people are willy-nilly supported by the TTD Board.
Added to this sad state of affairs is the
latest move by the authorities recognizing Tirumala as a township with the
temple jurisdiction restricted to 27.5 sq.km. This move it is widely believed
that this step is meant to make way for construction of Church(es?) on Tirumala
hills. Above events lend evidence to this belief. Otherwise what is the reason
to reduce the sacred seven hills area of 243 sq.km to 27.5 sq. km? They're
by drastically reducing the jurisdiction of Devastanams? Reducing the Lord
Venkateswara's seven hills to two hills is an affront to religious sentiments
of Hindus.
The Vice-Chancellor, Dean and other functionaries
of Padmavati University are believing Christians and they are forcing the
students to participate in Christian Prayers, taking them to Church in vehicles
owned by the University, conducting Christian religious propaganda in SV University
Hostels, distributing Christian literature in educational institutions are
some of the Christian activities that deeply perturb Hindu community.
The offerings made by devotees in Lord Balaji's
Hundi should be used only for Hindu religion, spiritual activities. With that
object in view the Hindu Dharma Prachara Samstha was started in the year 1968.
But later in the year 1982 the word Hindu was removed from its name changing
it to Dharma Prachara Parishat. The motive behind the change in name is to
divert the huge funds offered by the devotees to Lord Sri Venkateswara as
token of their religious devotion to populist Government schemes.
As a part of that move Rs. 500 crores worth
of Hundi money is ought to be diverted in the name of "Irrigation Bonds".
Going the way Govt. misutilization of public funds. How the religious funds
are going to be spent in any one's guess. Thus to divert the money offered
by devotees with specific religious motives to non-religious purpose is clear
case of subversion of Hindu religion.
Tirumala is the most sacred place. To convert
it into a tourist, recreational center as the Govt. is planning, is the sure
way to ultimately make it in to a pleasure resort. This is reprehensible.
If the sacred Tirumala Temple Township is degraded in this fashion, where
is the place left for Hinduism? What is the fate of Hindu Society?
Let us all wake up before it is too late.
Let us resolve to fight out to protect the sanctity and property of sacred
TT Kshetram through all possible democratic means. Let us resolve to denote
all our mite and might in this regard.
Yours truly,
VyayaNamasamatsaram,
VishakhaBahulaDashami
Vishweshathirtha
Date 22-06-06 Bhagyanagar(Hyderabad)
Pejawar Mutt
