[GHHF] Dr.Subramanian Swamy's Three Comments on TTD are misleading and inaccurate.
Global Hindu Heritage Foundation (GHHF) has written a letter to Sri Anil Kumar Shingal Executive Officer of TTD and discussed about various issues related to TTD. Four of us went to meet EO on December 23 and talked about issues related to TTD and the experience of an employee in the hands of few Christians in BRRD hospital. We talked about how Hindu nurses were being insulted, how they insult Lord Venkateswara as shila (stone) and how they demean prasadam as Seitan food. In our discussion EO agreed to install CC cameras to monitor them and see what action can be taken.
In that letter we mentioned that there are as many as 15-20 percent employees are practicing Christians working in TTD. This based on one interview with one of the nurses and three other people. Sri Shingalji never contested that figure. He never said that our figure was false during our on-hour face to face conversation.
The letter I submitted to EO was shared with Dr. Subramanian Swamy before the meeting we organized in Tirupati on December 29, 2019.
Statement by Dr Swamy at a Meeting Organized in Tirupati on December 29, 2019
On December 29, GHHF organized a meeting with Dr Subramanian Swamy and Sri Swami Paripoornananda Saraswathi in Sri Padmavati Mahila University Auditorium. At that time, Dr Swamy stated that “I do not believe in the propaganda being done by the opponents of chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy that he is trying to Christianize Tirupati as I have found no evidence of it.”
This statement angered many people who are familiar with TTD who have been working to preserve the sacredness of TTD. Many people including former high-level employees wanted to find out what king of evidence Dr Swamy had to make a blatant statement.
I requested him to share that evidence so that we can pass on that information to all our friends. Dr Swamy did not respond to my request to provide the evidence he might have.
Realizing the pressure some of the Hindu nurses are experiencing, Sri Shingalji himself mentioned that he will require all the BRRD hospital employees to attend Special Puja performed every Saturday where somebody will be assigned to put Tilak on forehead, give prasadam to be eaten there itself, offer Theertham to drink and observe doing pradakshina. He even agreed to install CC cameras to monitor the employees practicing Christianity to take appropriate action against non-Hindus.
Additionally, on August 25 the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh L V Subramanyamsaid,“taking a serious view of the reports of proselytization in Tirumala and all over non-Hindu employees working in the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam,… those who were engaged in such activities should voluntarily give them up, so as not to hurt the sentiments of devotees.” In fact, he even stated that “surprise inspections will be conducted in the houses of employees to ensure they are not practicing other religions.” (The New Indian Express, August 26, 2019)
If there are no employees practicing Christianity, and if no Christianization is taking place, why would the Chief Secretary make that kind of announcement and ask the authorities to make surprise visits to the houses of non-Hindus?
If no such Christianization is happening, why L V Subramanyam was not contradicted by Chief Minster Jagan Mohan Reddy, TTD Board Chairman Y V Subba Reddy, or TTD Executive officer Anil Kumar Shingal. That means they all know that the Christianization is going onTTD and other Temples.
The question is where did Dr Swamy get the information to say that there is no evidence of trying to Christianize Tirupathi?
Two Statements during an Interview with Anuraag Saxena
In a recent interview with Mr. Anuraag Saxena, Dr Swamy made two statements that are either incorrect or misleading.
1) Dr Swamy stated that 44 non-Hindu employees are appointed by Chandra Babu Naidu government. This is an incorrect statement. They are appointed over a period of several years by different governments. In fact, they are appointed since 1989. New India Express quoted EO Sri Shingal as stated on January 6, 2018 that "We have identified 44 people who got appointed in the TTD against the guidelines since 1989. Majority of them are employed under the compassionate ground category. We are now contemplating sending them to other State government departments.”
Hindustan Times reports in February 2018 that EO Sri Shingal stated that "The official inquiry revealed that as many as 35 non-Hindus were recruited between 1988 and 2007 in various cadres. Even after the issuance of the order in 2007, another seven non-Hindus got recruited in TTD against the guidelines".
Dr. Swamy’s statement that all 44 non-Hindus were appointed by Chandrababu Naidu government is totally wrong.
When TTD was planning to transfer them to other government departments, they went to High Court and got stay order on February 14, 2018. Hindustan Times states " The Hyderabad high court on Wednesday stayed the transfer of 44 non-Hindu employees, initiated by the TTD on the ground that they were recruited in violation of the service rules of the institution. As of today, the stay order is in force. It has not been lifted to our knowledge.
As you can see that it was during Chandra Babu Naidu time, TTD was planning to transfer them to other government departments which was blocked by High Court.
2) Dr Swamy stated that the present government (Jagan Mohan Reddy Government) has issued orders to transfer these 44 employeesto other governmental bodies. In fact, these transfers were planned in 2018, not during the Present government. To our knowledge no such Order was issued by Jagan government.
Two questions regarding this statement:
1) Can any government issue order to transfer the employees when High Courts’ Stay Order is in force?
2) Is there a copy of the order issued by Jagan government to transfer them to other government bodies? To our knowledge that Jagan government did not issue any order to transfer these 44 non-Hindus to other department.
The statement that Jagan government issued orders to transfer the 44 non-Hindus to other government bodies is misleading.
I have requested Dr. Swamy to clarify on these matters. No response is received as of today.
Thanks.
Prakasarao Velagapudi, PhD
GHHF
Hathiramji Matham and the devious design of the A.P.Government
The Mahant of Hathiramji Matham has been suspended again. What makes these successive governments take such drastic steps? For vast tracts of land? For the Jewellery of the Tirumala Mandir? Or for alleged land-deals by the Mahant?...
By S V Badri -February 6, 2020
https://www.pgurus.com/hathiramji-matham-and-the-devious-design-of-the-a-p-government/
Now Hathiramji Matham has been appropriated so the government could have absolute control over the Mandir. There are some puzzles around the devious plot of the successive governments.
Mahant Sri Arjun Dass Ji, the Mahant of Hathiramji Matham has been suspended again. First by the Naidu Government on 10-07-2003 and now by the Jagan Government on 28-01-2020. What makes these successive governments take such drastic steps? Is it for the control of vast tracts of land? The Jewellery that never was under the control of the Matham since the takeover of the Tirumala Mandir by TTD? Or the same alleged land-deals by the Mahant which was also one of the reasons for his suspension by the earlier Government?
“The book lists the descendants of Parikshit and their total rule for 2663 years, 20 Chola kings, Salivahana I, 12 each of Ven(Hun?), Kotanan and Pandya Kings, 14 Yadava Kings, Oraganti Pratapa Rudra, Balle Rao (Ballala?), Ana Vema Reddy, 26 Raya Kings (including Sri Krishnadeva Raya), 10 Mohammedan rulers.”
The reason for suspending the Mahant is different. The Government won’t admit it. The real reason is to retain the Government control on the Mandir, permanently. If Tirupati is not returned to the rightful Vicharanakartas, Kainkaryakartas, Tirupati Jeeyars, Archaka Mirasidars, etc., the Hindu Society can forget the return of its Mandirs to the society. I have in an earlier article explained how the Naidu government laid the foundation to this by retiring the Pradhana Archakas from the 4 families that served the Bhagawan for 40 generations[1]. The Archaka Mirasi, Gamekars were earlier abolished by the Government.
The Tirumala Jeeyar has been rendered functionless except as an ornamental-head during His daily Jeeyar darshan during Sathumurai and other major Utsavams. Now Hathiramji Matham has been appropriated so the government could have absolute control over the Mandir. Before I go into piecing together what I see as the devious plot of the successive governments including this, let me give a background of Sri Hathiramji Matham and the connection it has to the Tirumala Balaji Mandir.
Sawal-e-Jawab:
Sawal-e-Jawab is a unique record published in Fasli 1213, ie., 1801-02 C.E. in question & answer format in Telugu. An English Translation of a part of this book was made by Sri V.N. Srinivasa Rao and was published in 1950. Sri Srinivasa Rao laments in the preface that “So far no authorised account containing the entire material has been made available to the public by the Devasthanam authorities. The Government has been equally reticent about the publication of the wealth of material that should be available with them, not only this, they have been refusing access to these records even to research scholars”. I have managed to get a xerox copy of the book in Telugu recently.
The various rulers of the territory in which the Mandir was situated:
While the book doesn’t record the exact year of the construction of the Mandir, it gives the names of the rulers and the number of years of their reign, under whose patronage the Mandir was. It lists out the kings right from the Mahabharata War, from Parikshit to the Moghul rulers, East India Company and the number of years the Mandir was in their respective control. It might come as a surprise to most readers as it did to me that the Mandir was in shambles and was first renovated and consecrated by Janamejaya, the son of Parikshit. The book lists the descendants of Parikshit and their total rule for 2663 years, 20 Chola kings, Salivahana I, 12 each of Ven(Hun?), Kotanan and Pandya Kings, 14 Yadava Kings, Oraganti Pratapa Rudra, Balle Rao (Ballala?), Ana Vema Reddy, 26 Raya Kings (including Sri Krishnadeva Raya), 10 Mohammedan rulers. A list of 119 rulers totaling a reign of 4902 years.
“Around 1500 CE, Hathiram Bavaji, a North Indian Bairagi had Bhagawan Balaji come in his dream and beckon him to Tirumala. Hathiram Bhavaji arrived at Tirumala and instantly became an ardent devotee of the Bhagawan Venkateswara.”
The Nawabs and the East India Company:
The Mandir came under the Nawab of Carnatic. The Nawabs collected an annual income of TWO LAKH RUPEES from the renters and excess income of the Mandir in the 1700’s. Sawal-e-jawab records: The last of the Nawabs, “Muhammad Ali, the patron and protégé of the East India Company assigned the revenues of the Temple to the East India Company for restoring his authority in the Carnatic as a sure source of discharging his dues to the Company”. This was between 1744 and 1750 C.E. Muhammed Ali also had assigned the country around the Mandir to East India Company and on 31st July 1801, the direct management of the Mandir was taken over by the East India Company. (Another version says: On the close of Fourth Mysore War in 1799 and after the death of Mohammad Ali in 1795 and his son in 1801, the company made an agreement with Mohammad Ali’s second son, Azim-ul-Umra, in July 1801 by which he handed over the entire political sovereignty over the Karnatic to the East India Company in return for a fixed stipendiary allowance). Thus from 1748 i.e. middle of the 18th century, the East India Company came into possession of the income of the Tirumala Temple of Sri Venkateswara and later it took over the direct management of the temple at the beginning of the 19th century when they arrived at an agreement with Mohammad Ali’s son[2]. The East India Company as Sri Srinivasa Rao writes in the Preface of his book: “The first collector of North Arcot District was Mr. Stratton, who was then styled Collector, Western Poliams, made exhaustive inquiries not only about the territory entrusted to him but also about the history, tradition, and resources of the Temple. He asked a series of questions on all aspects of its administration and answers were furnished by those in the actual management of the affairs of the temple and information gathered from these questions and answers is locally known as the “Sawal-e-Jawab” account. He constituted the country around Tirupati into a Taluk and the Tahsildar of Tirupati was in direct management of the Temple which was expressed by the term “Amani” as against the previous practice of farming out the revenues to renters annually”.
Hathiram ji Matham in brief:
Around 1500 CE, Hathiram Bavaji, a North Indian Bairagi had Bhagawan Balaji come in his dream and beckon him to Tirumala. Hathiram Bhavaji arrived at Tirumala and instantly became an ardent devotee of the Bhagawan Venkateswara. Bhavaji set up an Ashram near the Temple which later became the Hathiramji Matham. It is believed that Bhagawan Balaji played dice with his ardent devotee, Hathiram Bhavaji.
How the head of Hathiram Ji Matham come to be Dharmakartha/ Vicharanakartha of the Mandir:
A Judgement in O.S. No. 51 of 1937 dated 15-6-1942 on the file of Subordinate Judge, Chittor records that after the East India company appointed the Tahsildar of Tirupati to manage the mandir, and on account of the dispatch of the Court of Directors that the Government should not have anything to do with Temples and the places of Religious resort of the Hindus, the management of the Temple was handed over to Sri Mahant Sevadoss, the then Mahant of the Hathiramji Matham. (This was during East India Company, British Christian rule, while our secular governments/pseudo-Hindu governments indulge in every dirty trick to takeover new Mandirs and to hang on to existing ones) Mahant Sevadoss executed a Vicharaka to the Government. The Government also granted a sannad to Sri Mahant Sevadoss Ji transferring the management of the Mandir to the Sri Mahant of the Hathiramji Mutt who was to be called the “Vicharanakartha” (Dharmakartha) of the Temple.
To be continued…
Note:
1. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of PGurus.
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Sri Sree Iyer of PGURUS interviews Dr Prakasarao Velagapudi on Christian aggressiveness and non-Hindus in TTD
An interview was conducted by Sree Iyer of PGURUS. The letter I had written to Sri Anila Kumar Shingal, E O of TTD about various issues related TTD promptedthis interview.
https://www.pgurus.com/prakasarao-velagapudi-on-ttd-employing-non-hindus/?fbclid=IwAR3cww_ccXq5-ZsxspKHiZ0UnfmRC1aHHTS4fXkqg2KABryZwvx_Ea_p4WE
We talked about the presence of Christians in TTD in general and BRRD hospital in particular and how they insult Hindu nurses and employees, how they denigrate Lord Venkateswara as a stone (shila) , and how they defame the prasadam as Seitan food. They insult Hindus as being foolish to practice Hinduism and how they slander the application of Tilak on their forehead.
We mentioned based on our sources of information that there are 15-20 percent employees are practicing Christians and no body in TTD wants to bell the cat. Sri Shingalji never contested our figure and never even disagreed with us. They put the whole issue under the carpet.
After 44 employees were identified as non-Hindus, the TTD wanted to transfer them to other government offices. But they went to High Court and got stay order and they have been working still in the same offices doing their business of missionary activities in a subtle way. We have requested EO to ask for review of the stay order and see that the High Court lifts the stay order. So far nothing happened.
TTD developed dress code for pilgrims and put the posters of properly dressed pilgrims of the walls in prominent places for pilgrims to follow. Unfortunately, very few TTD employees follow the dress code although they have one developed for the to follow. When we visited the Balaji Temple in December, we have seen many employees without Tilak on their forehead. In fact, I asked one of them why they do not wear Tilak. One employee said no body enforces the dress code; hence they do not put it. We even mentioned to EO that additional EO Sri Dharma Reddy does not apply Tilak on his forehead. EO laughed and said that he forgets.
As many of you may know that Right to Information Act (RTI) does not apply to TTD. That means you cannot get any kind of information from TTD. How they spend money and for what purpose cannot be shared. The question why they do not want to share that information to the devotees. Why so much secrecy.? One can only conjecture that there is a lot corruption, misuse of funds, squeezing of TTD funds by the government, and wastage of funds. In short TTD officials are not accountable to anybody, they can use the funds at their will and keep charging more and more money for tickets, room rentals and laddus.
We also discussed about the misuse of funds by Hindu Dharma Prachara Parishad, need for the resumption of building Hindu Temples in poor Hindu population villages, need to start Sunday schools to educate our children by all Hindu Temples, and such other issues.
NOTE: Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji is the architect and builder of Hanuman Temple in Frisco. I am just one of the volunteers like anybody
A saga that has been going unchecked for long, that of non-Hindus working in TTD-run institutions claims Dr. Prakasarao Velagapudi. In the current dispensation, they have got emboldened and are poking fun of Hindus, and actively proselytizing, leading to a disruptive environment. When will the government act?
https://www.pgurus.com/prakasarao-velagapudi-on-ttd-employing-non-hindus/?fbclid=IwAR3cww_ccXq5-ZsxspKHiZ0UnfmRC1aHHTS4fXkqg2KABryZwvx_Ea_p4WE
GHHF Activities and Accomplishments December 18, 2019 - January 15, 2020
Dear Friends:
I was in India for about 11 weeks and spent about two weeks attending the 11 days of Atirudra Yagam organized by Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji in Varanasi / Kasi with more than 116 priests who have done Homas for about five hours every day morning followed by evening discourses and bhajans.
Then we went to Hyderabad and met Swami Paripoornananda Swamiji. We also met several Shiva Shakti team for two times. Sugguna Karunakar, Kalyan Kumar, Santosh and others. I was ably interviewed by Karunakar which was released on January 10, 2020. As of January 21, more than 54,000 people watched.
We have met a host of people in Tirupati where we started our office in 2018. We also met four attorneys who are willing to help any writ petitions we want to file to make sure the sanctity of our Temples ismaintained, and Hindu dharma is preserved and protected.
Are Churches built illegally? As per our knowledge that many churches are built without permit. We are planning to take appropriate to address these issues.
Please visit our earlier report on the actions and accomplishments of the earlier report in our website:
https://www.savetemples.org/post/ghhf-activities-participated-andor-organized-from-november-10-thru-december-2019/631
December 18
GHHF supports Bhajan Brundas in Tirupati Area; Donates musical instruments
On December 18 evening Save temples office organized Bhajans in Chandragiri by inviting 10 bhajan groups to Mette Gangamma Temple. We spoke briefly about our commitment to preserve and promote our Hindu traditions. By singing bhajans every day in the village will preserve our age old Nagara sankirtan tradition. We talked to them about how to encounter Christians when they come to their village.
Appreciating their effort, we donated one Mridangam, kanjira and ten bhajan bells.
December 19
Met BJP leader Sri Bhanu Prakash Reddy
We have a long association with Bhanu since we started GHHF in 2006. We worked together on many issues such as Vakula Mata Temple, Islamic University etc. He invited us to his residence and spent some time talking about our mutual interests. He filed many cases in the high court and did protests on numerous occasions. He even went to High Court to stop the funding of non-religious projects such sewer system, road widening, flyover construction and others. He contested the funding of more than 400 crores of TTD money for the construction of Garuda Varadi.
December 20
Meeting with Sri Swaroopananda Saraswathi in Tirupati
On December 20 evening we met with Sri Swaroopananda, Peethadhipati of Visakha Sharada Peetham and discussed about various issues - Christian menace in TTD, Salaries to the pastors and imams, 50 percent reservations to SC, BC and ST communities.
He wanted me to share a letter I drafted to the TTD chairman. In few hours we went and shared the letter containing our concerns. He wanted us to update the information periodically.
We presented two books to His Holiness.
We also briefly with Sri Bala Swamy and mentioned about our concerns.
December 20
Met Brahmashri Samavedam Shanmukha Sharma in Tirupati.
On December 20th morning I had the privilege of meeting Sri Shanmukha Sharma in Tirupati where he was doing pravachanam on Bhagavat Puranam focusing on the essence of Bhagavan Krishna.
I had about one hour meeting discussing about various things about the current affairs and how to address them.
December 22
Another 10 Bhajan groups received musical instruments from GHHF
We went Ramachandrapuram village and met about 75 people who are engaged in singing bhajans in the in the nearby Hindu Temple.
We spoke about the importance of bhajans and how they can protect Hindu dharma in the villages. We gifted them one Mridangam, kanjira, and ten bells to do bhajans.
We mentioned that Christian nuns will come and target women in the villages; they should be careful.
They asked as to face them when they come to the villages. We told them that they should keep some kumkum, turmeric and prasadam like sugar in their houses.
When Christians come to their houses, simply tell them that it is our custom to invite people by putting kumkum on their forehead, applying turmeric on their face and giving prasadam.
Since their religion would not permit any of these, they will run away from their house and village. We asked them to be prepared with these three items when they come to their village.
December23
Met with Sri Anil Kumar Shingal, E O of TTD
Last week, four of us met with E O of TTD and presented eight-page concerns. When we start discussing, he called JEO Basant Kumar to participate in the discussing, as he oversees BIRRD hospital. We talked about non-Hindus in TTD and hospital, demeaning of Hindus by Christians, dress code, RTI, honorariums to Christians and Muslims, 50 reservations for BCs, SCs and STs, Stay order by High Court on 44 Christians, initiation of Sunday schools, and other concerns.
He spent nearly one hour and said he will try to address them as much as possible. We gifted our books "Reviving Hinduism" and " Ambushing Hinduism" to both.
December 26
Attended Virat Hindustan Sangam Annual meeting in New Delhi
Dr. Subramanian Swamy organized this meeting inviting all State representatives who reported their activities. Five representatives from USA also attended and reported the problems and promises of PIOs and NRIs.
See Iyer, Guruvayurappan, Aditya Sarasangi, Hasmukh Patel and me talked about our experiences and numerous activities we have been associated with to exemplify the richness of Hindu Dharma.
December 27
Sri Samavedam Shanmukha Sharma Garu recognized my efforts to protect Hindu Dharma
We met Sri Samavedam Garu in the green room before he was to give pravachanam at Mahati Auditorium. We discussed about my letter to EO of TTD. Then we proceeded to the stage.
Before he began his pravachanam, he told the audience that he is going introduce one yuvakudini (young man) to all of you. He lives in USA and doing a lot for protecting Hindu Temples and Hindu dharma. He is Velagapudi Prakasarao who is only 81 years and invited me on to the stage and honored me with a shawl and a book.
December 29
GHHF/Save temples have organized an event at Padmavathi college in Tirupati.
Dr. Subramanya Swamy and Sri Paripoornananda Saraswathi were invited as Guest Speakers. Dr Swamy reiterated that his legal combat would continue until all Hindu Temples are freed from the clutches of Government control. They should be under the control of Hindu society. He made a controversial statement by saying that there is no evidence of AP trying to Christianize the world renowned Tirupati. “I don’t believe the propaganda of the Chief Minister’s opponents that he is trying to Christianize Tirupati. I have found no evidence of it.”
This is contrary to all the information we have from different sources. We have submitted a Memorandum on this topic to Sri Anil Kumar Shingal by saying that there are about 15 percent Christians practicing Christianity in violation of the Temple guidelines.
He also demanded that the TTD should be audited over the last five years by CAG and should be made available to the public.
Hindu leader and Sreepeetham Peethadhipathi Swami Paripoornananda Saraswathi also addressed the meeting emphasizing the need for propagation of Hindu tradition and culture and for protection of temple institution and save the temples. He announced that there are about 15 percent Christians deceptively working without revealing their identity.
He said that he is ready to go on Pada Yatra to highlight the importance of maintain the sacredness of Hindu Temples and submit the concerns to Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy.
December 31 and January 2
Discussed several issues with Sri Velampalli Srinivas, Endowment Minister of AP
On 31st of December I had the opportunity to meet the Minister in Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji Ashram in Vijayawada. I talked to him on the phone before and corresponded from USA. He recognized me immediately even though we never met before. He invited us to come and meet him personally.
On January 2, we met at his office at his house and discussed several issues related to TTD and other Hindu temples. He said he is very much interested in addressing the issues and he will do his best to investigate them.
January 6
Attended Vaikunta Ekadasi Festival at Nizamabad Temple
Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji celebrated Vaikunta Ekadasi program on January 6th. Darshan line started at 6:30am and continued till evening.
Sri Swamiji gave a powerful speech on the nature of human beings as he explained the forest fires in Australia. Later explained the Bala Krishna story in graphic manner and with vivid colors. One can easily be transported the childhood pranks, mischiefs, innocence and naughtiness of Sri Krishna as he was going up with Yashoda.
January 8
Attended Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan 30th Anniversary Celebrations
Before I left India to USA, I was invited to attend as a Special Guest. Dr. Satyanarayana Raju Garu has been a backbone of this Bhavan for decades who coordinated the event. Two guests - one from Sanskrit College and another one from Chennai - gave inspirational speech to the graduating students and awarded the prizes to the students. I was given the opportunity to give the honors to the Guest speakers,
Cultural activities were conducted in a very disciplined way and the students from ages 5- 16 were given prizes for their academic achievements.
December 10
Supeuna Karunakar of Shiva Shakti interviewed Prakasarap Vella gapulli
The YouTube link given below is the result of an interviewing Dr. Velagapudi Prakasarao by Sri Sugguna Karunamakar. The interview was done in Telugu language. Hence this brief in English is presented
http://https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAmTgM9Vo&t=975
Karunakar introduced me by saying that he has been living in USA for about 55 years and we will find how fashioned his life in the religious and spiritual life I introduced myself as hailing from a small village called Akarur about 25 kilometers from Vijayawada After high school gradation, I spent two years in Hindu college and two years National College in Machilipatnam to receiveBA degree and received MA degree from Andhra University. After working for two years in New Dehi, went to USA in 1965. received MA from Michigan State University and PhD from Mississippi State University. After working for 36, I retired as Chairmanof the Department of Sociology at Jackson State University MS.
When I went to USA, I had no knowledge about therichness of HinduismI used avoid any discussion about Hinduism when my son was about 7 years he came back from school and wanted to find out when we will go to Church. That was the turning point that lead me to start conducting Sunday School it snowballed to start a Hindu Temple Society of Mississippi as a Co Founder and Chairman from 1985 to 1991.
In 1990, I had the opportunity to meet Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji and later was appointed as Chairman of Datta Yoga Center (DYC) with many centers in USA With his blessings, I coordinate different activities of Sri Swamiji including the construction of one of the largest Temples in USA Karya Sicchi Haruman Temple in Frisco, Texas USA Recently, DYC bought two Churches in Chicago and California to corwert them into Hindu Temples. After my retirement in 2006, I returned to India On August 23, I was reading Enadu newspaper to my surprise and shock that AP government issued GO 21 allowing crures ofrupees for the construction of new churches and renovation of old churches. Consequently, Global Hindu Heritage Foundation (GHHF) was started in 2006 by a gap of highly professional people in USA with the purpose of freeing the Hindu Temples from the government control by challenging the Endowment Act in the court of law, and protecting and preserving Dharma Serving as President of GHHF since its inception In the interview a number of activitis and accomplishments are desobed.
Please CLICK this link to watch the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAmgyWo&t=975
January 12
Last batch of Bhajan groups received musical instruments from GHHF
We went to Chandragiri village and met about 75 people who are engaged in singing bhajans in the Hanuman Temple.
We spoke about the importance of bhajans, how they can protect Hindu dharma in the villages and how they can encounter Christian aggressiveness. We gifted them one Mridangam, kanjira, and ten bells to do bhajans.
We mentioned that Christian nuns will come and target women in the villages; they should be careful.
They asked as to face them when they come to the villages. We told them that they should keep some Kumkum, turmeric and prasadam like sugar in their houses.
When Christians come to their houses, simply tell them that it is our custom to invite people by putting kumkum on their forehead, applying turmeric on their face and giving prasadam.
Since their religion would not permit any of these, they will run away from their house and village. We asked them to be prepared with these three items when they come to their village.
NAMES OF THE VILLAGES WHO RECEIVED BHAJAN INSTRUMENTS
1.VEDURUKUPPAM MANDALM
1.ALLAMADUGU (AAW) 2.PERUMALLAPALLI 3.VENUGOPALAPURAM 4.KOMMAINDLU
5.CHINTHALAGUNTA 6.CHENCCHUGUDI 7.SADDIKOLLAPALLI 8.PACHHIKAPALAM
9.DEVALAMPETA 10.DAMARAKUPPAM 11.CHATTIGUNDLAPALLI
2.VADAMALAPETA MANDALAM
1.BUTREDDYKANDIGA 2.BALINAIDUKANDRIGA 3.VADAMALAPETA 4.VADAMALA
5.YANAMALAPALEM 6.MUDIPALLI 7.S V PURAM
3.KV PURAM MANDALAM
1.KOTA MANGAPURAM 2.OBULRAJU KANDRIGA
4.NARAYANAVANAM MANDALAM
1.SAMUDAYAM 2.GOVINDAPPA KANDRIGA
5.RAMACHANDRA PURAM MANDALAM
1.CHITTATTURU 2.KALEPALLI 3. KUPPAM BADURU 4.RAYALACHERUVU 5.TIMMARAJUPALLI
6. NR KAMPALLI 7.NATHHIKUPPAM 8.NADAVALURU (AAW) 9. NADAVALURU HW 10.AGRAHARAM
6.CHANDRAGIRI MANDALAM
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Sugguna Karunakar of Shiva Shakti interviewed Prakasarao Velagapudi
The YouTube link given below is the result of an interviewing Dr. Velagapudi Prakasarao by Sri Sugguna Karunamakar. The interview was done in Telugu language. Hence, this brief in English is presented.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrAmTgyM9Vo&t=97s
Karunakar introduced me by saying that he has been living in USA for about 55 years and we will find how fashioned his life in the religious and spiritual life. I introduced myself as hailing from a small village called Akunur about 25 kilometers from Vijayawada. After high school graduation, I spent two years in Hindu college and two years National College in Machilipatnam to receive BA degree and received MA degree from Andhra University. After working for two years in New Delhi, went to USA in 1965. I received MA from Michigan State University and PhD from Mississippi State University. After working for 36, I retired as Chairman of the Department of Sociology at Jackson State University MS.
When I went to USA, I had no knowledge about the richness of Hinduism. I used avoid any discussion about Hinduism. When my son was about 7 years he came back from school and wanted to find out when we will go to Church. That was the turning point that lead me to start conducting Sunday School. It snowballed to start a Hindu Temple Society of Mississippi as a Co-Founder and Chairman from 1985 to 1991.
In 1990, I had the opportunity to meet Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji and later I was appointed as Chairman of Datta Yoga Center (DYC) with many centers in USA. With his blessings, I coordinate different activities of Sri Swamiji including the construction of one of the largest Temples in USA –Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple in Frisco, Texas USA. Recently, DYC bought two Churches in Chicago and California to convert them into Hindu Temples.
After my retirement in 2006, I returned to India. On August 23, I was reading Enadu newspaper to my surprise and shock that AP government issued GO 21 allowing crores of rupees for the construction of new churches and renovation of old Churches. Consequently, Global Hindu Heritage Foundation (GHHF) was started in 2006 by a group of highly professional people in USA with the purpose of freeing the Hindu Temples from the government control by challenging the Endowment Act in the court of law, and protecting and preserving Dharma. Serving as President of GHHF since its inception.
In the interview a number of activities and accomplishments are described.
Please CLICK this link to watch the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrAmTgyM9Vo&t=97s
Memorandum of Concerns about TTD submitted to Sri A K Shingal, Executive Offer
December 23, 2019
Sri Anil Kumar Shingal
EO of TTD
Tirupati, AP
Dear Sri Shingal Garu:
Sub: Concerns about TTD
I want to submit our concerns related to the activities related to a number of decisions your government had over the last 7 months. I sincerely hope that you will look at these concerns with open mind and fairness.
1. Christian Menace in TTD
There is rampant presence of Christians in Brrd Hospital and Devasthanam. As per our information from several sources, there are about 15-20 per cent working in TTD. There are more than 15,000 employees in TTD. That means there are as many as 3000 employees practicing Christianity. Except those 44 employees who revealed their identity as Christians at the time of their employment, thousands of employees willfully and deceptively hide their identity. Some of them may have joined by falsely filling up the application for employment or some of them may have been converted to Christianity while being employed at TTD.
These Christian Converts are making the life of the practicing Hindus employees miserable, depressed and disheartened. They are insulting the practicing Hindus, demeaning Hinduism and insulting the images of Hindu Gods and Goddesses.
2. In BIRRD Hospital
Following are the comments by some of the Christian employees of BIRRD (Sri Balaji Institute of Surgery, Research and Rehabilitation for the Disabled ( BIRRD) Trust hospital to Hindu employee:
Why do you worship that Shila / stone without even mentioning the name of Lord Sri Venkateswara?
Many Christian employees call the Hindus fools to worship that idol without mentioning Lord Venkateswara name.
They refer Sri Venkateswara as Saitan.
They ridicule them for putting big Tilak on their forehead.
One of the supervising nurses insults them constantly.
Some of the Christian nurses make Hindu nurses sick mentally and physically.
They are supposed to attend the Puja on Saturday morning, do pradikshna and take prasdam. They rarely attend this puja. If they attend that puja to show their presence, they do not do pradakshina and do not take prasdam.
They do not take Prasadam at any time because it is called saitan food by Christians.
Some of them got smart recently and putting a tiny tilak on their forehead which is hardly visible.
Some of the nurses’ husbands are the pastors who built churches. They go to churches regularly.
Some of the Christian nurses talk about Jesus to Hindu patients and emphasize that they will recover soon if they believe in Jesus. They will put the Bible under the pillow of the vulnerable patient.
3. In Devasthanam
Many of the Christian officials in their offices avoid not only doing namaskaram, they do not even look at Balaji and Padmavati picture.
Where there is back entrance to the office, they prefer to enter that way to avoid accidental glimpse of the Lord’s face.
They discretely engage in conversion tactics targeting junior and lower level employees.
One more Observation
It appears that some of the Managerial staff and even priests come to their duty drunk – after consuming alcohol.
In Balaji colony on the Tirumala Hills, some of the employees eat non-vegetarian food. It is inexcusable to allow them to eat non-vegetarian food and drink alcohol.
Abuse of Privileges
About 3 years ago during Brahmotsava time, all the employees were given Sri Venkateswara Gold Coin wrapped in a box. These Christians took the box, did not open the box to avoid looking at Lord Venkateswara image, called the Jewelers and sold them. Many of the practicing Christians do not have these Golden Coins in their houses.
If they really believe in Lord Balaji, don’t you think they would not keep it either in their Puja room or in a special place in the house?
All the TTD employees are entitled to have 10 Laddus per month. Many of these Christians buy them at Rs 5 and sell them there itself for Rs 50-100 to the pilgrims.
Before AP Chief Secretary L.V. Subrahmanyam was transferred, he announced that non-Hindus who are employed in Hindu Temples should leave their positions. He requested the Endowment Commissioner to visit the employees’ houses unannounced to find out if they are practicing Hindus. Few days later during his visit to the Tirumala temple in August 2019, he said that surprise checks would also be conducted at the houses of the employees to ensure that they are not practicing non-Hindu religions. He had said that they are aware that many employees have converted to other religions. Though the government cannot stop them from converting, they cannot continue in their jobs at TTD, he said.
On August 28, even the Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy announced that non-Hindus will not be allowed to work at Tirupati Temple.
Queries
What action have you taken to see that non-Hindus are identified and removed from their positions as per the announcement of L V Subrahmanyam and Chief Minister Jagan?
Have you made any surprise visits to the suspected non-Hindus homes as announced by L V Subrahmanyam?
Have you even identified the suspected non-Hindus working in TTD and BIRRD Hospital?
Appoint a Special Committee to investigate
We request TTD Board to investigate all the allegations surrounding the employees who are practicing Hinduism and insulting the very institution they are working for. Many people have no confidence in the management of TTD Board since it is appointed by the State government. A long as TTD and other Temples are under State government control, the Board cannot be impartial, independent and unbiased. They cannot resist the pressures from the government to warp the investigation.
Since RTI (Right to Information Act) cannot be applied to TTD activities, it is almost like a secret organization without accountability, transferency and openness. As we all know there are no audit reports of TTD for decades. Requests for audit reports are never fulfilled.
A Special Committee must be appointed on the basis of the recommendations of many Hindu organizations who are only interested in maintaining the sacredness of the Temple and who have a track record of working for the preservation of Hindu Temples and Hindu Dharma.
Install CC Cameras
TTD should install CC cameras in every patient room and offices of Supervisors, head nurses, nurse stations, and other rooms where two or more people meet in the Hospital to find out how Hindu nurses are insulted, disparage Hindu customs, and disrespect for Lord Venkateswara
On the Hill, install all the offices of the TTD employees to monitor their activities to find out if they have any faith in Lord Venkateswara.
Presenting book to JEO (joint executive Officer) Basant kumar
4. Dress Code
Dress Code for Employees
On December 5th, as an NRI we had darshan of Balaji. As we keep walking in the line we noticed that more than 80 percent of employees did not wear Govinda Namas (Tilak/Bottu) on their forehead. Is there any Dress Code policy for employees of TTD? How can we create spiritual and religious ambience in the most sacred place on the earth for Hindus if the employees look like zombies with no energy, enthusiasm and devotion.
Can you provide a copy of the Dress Code for the employees? They should be the role models for all the pilgrims by creating spiritual and religious ambience.
Dress Code for Pilgrims:
As you’re aware that to enhance the spiritual ambience among the devotees visiting Tirumala to have the darshan of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy, TTD had introduced traditional dress code in 2013. Pilgrims who are taking part in Arjitha Sevas and VIP pilgrims seeking general pilgrims who go for Rs.300 and Rs.50 darshan. For men the dress code is dhoti or pyjama with upper cloth.
For women the preferred dress code is a saree or a half-saree with blouse or churidar with pyjama and upper cloth. Few days ago the EO assured the caller that TTD will slowly take up a campaign on dress code so that even the general pilgrims follow the traditional dress code.
5. Mishaps after mishaps
Bus tickets with information on Jerusalem pilgrimage advertisement. Why nobody even monitored before the tickets are shipped.
Sri Yesaiah Sri Venkateswara in the Panchangam. The website would have access to only few people from TTD. Vigilance officer indicated that non-Hindus might be responsible for this action. What is revealed in your investigation and what action is planned against persons responsible?
Pushkarini was not filled with Water during Karthik Masam denying lakhs of devotees to take a dip in the auspicious month. To our knowledge it never happened before in the recent times.
Vaikunta Ekadasi Uttara Dwara darshan - Who made the decision to keep the door open for ten days in the beginning itself and how it was decided to reverse.
Bus tickets changed from Rs.55 to 65. What was the reason?
Room charges were hiked – Why they were increased?
Sri Y V Subba Reddy, TTD Chairman was invited as Chief Guest (Aatmeeya Visishta Athithi) by Christian Committee, Y S R C P, Rajamahendravaram. How can he take action against people who shared in the social media? The Chairman said he has nothing to do with Christian Committee and he expressed his anger. Public Relations Officer of TTD released a statement by saying that Chairman was not invited by anybody and somebody intentionally doing this to discredit him. He said he will report to the police.
Is he going to register a police case against the Christian committee who printed the invitation card without his knowledge or people who circulated it?
Some of the devotees have been manhandled by Security force/ any action taken against? Were they ever had a training to be sensitive to the needs of the devotees?
6. Golla Mantapam
So much discussion is going on the alleged dismantling or moving to another location of ancient, historical and sentimental Golla Mantapam. This discussion is not new; it was deliberated for many years. In 2004, the High Court already gave judgment saying that the dismantling of Golla Mantapam is “arbitrary, discriminatory, unjust, unwarranted, mallacious, contrary to the customs, Hindu Rites especially offending Yadava community at large which is in violation of the rt. 14, 16 & 21 of the Constitution of India and set aside the decision of the respondents and consequently restrain the respondents from damaging or removal of the said structure called as “Golla Mantapam.” (February 23, 2004).
It has a long history and a moving legend behind the construction Golla Mantapam. Let us preserve our heritage and culture and teach our children to make them proud of their rich heritage.
By making a clear statement, it will allay the fears of all the devotees.
7. RTI (Right to Information Act) should be made applicable to TTD
Devotees of Lord Venkateswara should be able to obtain information about various conducted activities, religious practices, Christian infiltration, financial management, responsibility to devotees, sacredness of the Temple, employees’ code of conduct and sacredness of TTD. No audit reports have been submitted for nearly decades.
TTD should be accountable to devotees. People against Corruption stated that “It’s absurd, immoral and illegal to plead that TTD is not accountable to people under the RTI Act. Such an unreasonable plea raises suspicion that something is rotten in it, and it wants to hide. Being one of the most efficiently administered organization, the TTD has no reason to fear the RTI Act and escape the accountability or answerability… people have every right to demand every bit of information about the way they are spending the money they have donated to Lord Venkateswara.”
It is obvious that something is wrong with the administration. What could be the reason for not sharing the information? Over the years some EOs felt that it would not only unnecessarily embarrass them but they are obviously abusing and misusing the funds. They do not want devotees to have access to the way they spend money and how they safeguard the jewelry. Hence, they decided to refuse RTI.
We request the TTD to honor the RTI for the sake of accountability and transferency.
8. 50 Percent Reservations is wrong
Global Hindu Heritage Foundation (GHHF) requests you to withdraw these two resolutions to respect the Indian Constitution. As you are aware that a certain percentage of reservations are made for socially and educationally backward communities and the scheduled castes and Tribes in the public sector units, union and state civil services, union and state government departments in all public and private educational institutions except in the religious/ linguistic minority educational institutions.
It means that percentage reservations for backward classes are excluded from the religious institutions. Any attempt to enforce the 50 percent reservations in the Temple Board is only to interfere with Hindu Religious Temple management and appoint Christians in the Temple management positions which is against the Indian Constitution.
Among these backward communities there may be as many as 50-60 percent Christians. By appointing them to Temple Boards, you are appointing Christians to the Temple management positions. Since it is the obligation of the Christians to proselytize and engage in missionary activities, the government is deliberately appointing them to Christianize Hindu Temples. It is tantamount to ruining the sanctity and sacredness of Hindu Temples.
Since nothing is mentioned about only Hindu candidates of SC, ST and BC will be appointed to the Temple Boards, it is certain that Christians are more likely to occupy the Temple Management positions. If the government is interested in maintaining the sanctity and sacredness of Hindu temples and not interested in tampering with the rituals and practices of Hindu tradition, government should openly declare that only Hindus from backward communities will be appointed by issuing a different G.O.
It is morally and ethically wrong to appoint either Christians or Muslims to the Temple Boards. As Chief Minister, it is your dharma (responsibility) to make sure every religion is able to follow their way of life as long as no religion threatens the very existence of another religion. No government has the moral or legal right to interfere with the management of their religious institutions.
There should be strict separation of state and religious institutions. Christian churches should not be interfered by government by appointing Hindus or Muslims to manage them. Similarly, Mosques should not be managed by either Hindus or Christians.
Hence, we request you to withdraw the resolution allowing backward classes – SC, ST and BC communities - to be appointed in Hindu Temple Boards.
9. TUDA Chairman appointment to TTD Board is equally wrong
GHHF is opposed to the appointment of Chairman of Tirupati Urban Development Authority as ex-officio to TTD Board. There is every possibility the TUDA chairman can be either a Christian or a Muslim. Appointment of such person may bring Christian perspective to the Temple management and engage in missionary activity on the Hill.
We request you to withdraw this resolution as soon as possible before TUDA chairman is appointment to TTD Trust Board.
10. Resume to Build 500 Hindu Temples in Poor Hindu Population
As per GO R T. No. 820 dated August 2, 2016, TTD has agreed to build 500 Hindu Temples in the weaker section localities. To our knowledge no Hindu Temples were built in 2017. In 2018, 500 Hindu Temples were built under the aegis of Hindu Dharma Parirakshana Trust (HDPT) through Samarasata Foundation.
It appears that the Board of Trustees of TTD during previous administration has discontinued the funding for 2019 thereby a successful program was axed. We feel TTD should find few other organizations to give this responsibility of constructing Hindu Temples in the weaker section localities.
We earnestly request you to see that the resolution is passed to build 500 temples in the year 2019 as per GO.
11. Sunday Schools for Children to Teach About Hinduism
As we all aware that Sanatana Dharma has no systematic method of transmitting the richness of Hinduism to the youth. Parents do not have enough knowledge to transmit to their children. Schools do not teach about Hinduism as they are considered secular institutions. The only institutions that can transmit and educate our children are our Hindu Temples.
Realizing the importance of teaching our faith, many Hindu Temples are conducting Sunday schools in USA. As you know that there are more than 1200 Hindu Temples in USA. I would estimate that nearly 20 percent of these Hindu Temples are conducting Hinduism classes to our children from ages 5 thru 15.
We request TTD to conduct Hinduism classes to our children in and around Tirupati to equip them with invaluable knowledge about their religion. You can start with may be 2-3 Sunday Schools programs in different neighborhoods. TTD will be able to make them proud of their religion and who would be our ambassadors to the future survival.
12. Funding of Educational Institutions
TTD manages about 33 educational Institutions. Some of them are designed to promote Hindu art, dance, Vedas, Music and scriptures. TTD funds these institutions at the rate of about 120 crores per annum. Many of the professional high schools, junior colleges, universities, Engineering colleges and others receive the funds from TTD.
We request that TTD should require all these institutions to offer 2-3 courses on Hinduism that would enable the students to know about their culture and meet the requirement that TTD funds are used for religious purposes only.
Why should TTD support financially any educational institutions if they do not even offer 2-3 courses on Hinduism and make it mandatory? TTD should not fund institutions that do not require all the students to take courses on Hinduism.
13. Hindu Dharma Prachara Parishad
Hindu Dharma Prachara Parishad of TTD should concentrate its mission to preserve, propagate and promote Hindu Sanatana Dharma to our youth by organizing different devotional methods to equip them with richness of Hindu Dharma which would help them to counter misinformation propagated by other Abrahamic religions. TTD cannot be a silent spectator for the missionary activities of other religions. TTD cannot close its eyes to the impending danger to its very existence. It should have investigative branch to find out the deceptive Christian conversion tactics and take necessary legal action against these illegal converts.
Should provide priests to the needed temples.
Should conduct Srinivasa Kalyanams in Dalit communities Regularly
Develop Bhajan Mandals in as many villages and Temples as possible.
Conduct Youth programs for extended period for them to absorb and digest the depth of knowledge in the rituals and scriptures.
14. Christian Employees at TTD – Revisit High Court
As we know that TTD identified 44 Non-Hindu working in Devasthanam following the release of video showing an employee attending Church by taking TTD Vehicle. Many Sadhus and other Hindus agitated demanding the identity of the Christian employees and to reveal the number of employees working in Devasthanam. TTD identified 44 Christians and Muslims as employees working at Devasthanam and agreed to terminate their jobs. These employees went to High Court demanding that they be allowed to work in Devasthanam. High Court agreed with the Christian employees and issued stay order until further order.
Speaking to reporters, TTD Executive Officer Anil Kumar Singhal, said, “As per our guidelines in tune with GOs issued in 1989 and 2007, non-Hindus will not be recruited either in teaching or non-teaching categories of TTD. We have identified 44 people who got appointed in the TTD against the guidelines since 1989. Majority of them are employed under the compassionate ground category. We are now contemplating sending them to other State government departments.”
We request TTD to move the High Court requesting that it should take up the case and make a final judgment at the earliest possible time.
TTD should request the High Court to expedite the matter and allow transfer to other departments.
TTD should in fact request the State government to transfer these Non-Hindu employees to other secular departments instead of keeping them at Devasthanam.
As we all know that believers in Abrahamic religions believe in proselytization and it is the WORD of their chosen God they are required to follow. High court’s decision will encourage them to engage in missionary activities on Devasthanam grounds
De we have any mechanism in place to find out that they are not engaged in conversion of other Hindu TTD employees to other faiths. The longer we keep them on TTD payrolls, more conversions may take place unless an investigative team is appointed to oversee their activities.
15. Islamic University
Global Hindu Heritage Foundation was the first one to expose the existence of Islamic University with photos in September 2013. Ms. Shaik Nowhera was building the structure illegally and in violation of the plan approved by TUDA. The permission sought from TUDA was only for constructing a building with ground floor and first floor. In spite of the efforts by Thondavada Village Panchayat’s efforts, the building was being constructed with a ground floor and 6 floors.
District Collector K. Ramgopal has instructed the revenue and police officials to demolish the unapproved floors of the building that houses the Heera International Islamic University in Thondavada village of Chandragiri Mandali. Now it is being litigated in the courts.
TTD should acquire the building and use it for educational purposes. It should move the courts to resolve the issue and see that influx of Muslims is avoided so that peace and tranquility will be maintained near the foothills of Sri Venkateswara Temple.
Hope that you will provide a meaningful response to this letter by taking appropriate measures to rectify the concerns expressed.
Dhanyavad
Prakasarao V Velagapudi, PhD
President, GHHF
India Phone: 8500738140
US number: 601-918-7111
Copy to: Sri Srinivas Vellampally, Endowment Minister
Sri Y V Subba Reddy, TTD Chairman Board
Sri Anil Kumar Shingle, EO, TTD
Sri Minoan Singh, Principal Secretary
[GHHF] Celebration of Christmas: Hindus should open their Eyes and Read Few Passages in the Bible
Joseph Atwill wrote in his blog that "Christianity may be considered a religion, but it was actually developed and used as a system of mind control to produce slaves that believed God decreed their slavery.” THE man and story behind Jesus Christ was a Roman hoax designed to control the people as this scholar.
"Although Christianity can be a comfort to some, it can also be very damaging and repressive, an insidious form of mind control that has led to blind acceptance of serfdom, poverty, and war throughout history.”
Atwill even goes so far to say that “to this day, especially in the United States, it is used to create support for war in the Middle East”.
He says he first discovered this revelation when noticing Jesus is “the only fictional character in literature whose entire life story can be traced to other sources”.
Many Hindus due to ignorance celebrate Christmas. Many of their children go to Christian schools where they are taught about the birth of Jesus and why they should celebrate. Is there any date mentioned about the date of birth of Jesus. Or is there any Christian scripture that might have mentioned about his birth? Nobody really knows about the real birthday of Jesus! No specific date is mentioned in the Bible. Then why do Christians and some Hindus celebrate it on the 25th December? The early Christians certainly had many arguments as to when it should be celebrated! Also, the birth of Jesus probably didn't happen in the year 1 but slightly earlier.
Bart Herman says, ‘There are no birth records, no trial transcripts, no death certificates; there are no expressions of interest, no heated slanders, no passing references—nothing. In fact, if we broaden our field of concern to the years , his death—even if we include the entire first century of the Common Era—there is not so much as a solitary reference to Jesus in any non-Christian, non-Jewish source of any kind. I should stress that we do have a large number of documents from the time—the writings of poets, philosophers, historians, scientists, and government officials, for example, not to mention the large collection of surviving inscriptions on stone and private letters and legal documents on papyrus. In none of this vast array of surviving writings is Jesus’ name ever so much as mentioned.” (pp. 56-57) The first recorded date of Christmas being celebrated on December 25th was in 336, during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman Emperor). But it was not an official Roman state festival at this time.
Jesus is a jealous GOD; Do not want any competition
Jesus is a jealous God. That means he cannot love, forgiving, and tolerant. Worshipping images/idols is a sin, horrible, and loveless. By worshipping idols you do not respect Jesus, you distance yourself from him, and you offend him. Idolatry is serious to God. So much so that He tells us to flee from it and to not associate with people who call themselves believers but are idolaters.
By saying that he is jealous and asks people not to worship any other God, Jesus feels threatened, insecure, vulnerable, self-doubting and inferior. If he is really a God who is usually described as omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent, do you think that he will feel jealous. This is a defeatist personally with no self confidence in himself.
By being jealous, he wants no competition with other Gods. He wants to have monopoly over all the Gods and hence he does not want to people to worship other Gods who may be powerful than himself. When do you feel jealous? When you do not have confidence in yourself and do not believe in your own strength.
Let us contrast this with Hindu Gods. Al-Biruni, who visited India around 1030,wrote that the Hindus believe with regard to God that He is one, eternal, without beginning and end, acting by free-will, almighty, all-wise, living, giving life, ruling, preserving; one who in his sovereignty is unique, beyond all likeness and unlikeness, and that he does not resemble anything nor does anything resemble Him. Hindu God is not jealous. He is more tolerant, loving and all inclusive.
Few Examples of Christian hatred toward Idolatry
All Hindus must be cognizant of various verses that demean Murti (Idol) worship. An overwhelming number Hindus go to the Temples to a darshan of the presiding deity to seek his/her blessings. We all believe in one Supreme Go (Shakti) which can manifest in any number of forms. Just like a Sun can generate billions of rays, the Shakti can also manifest infinite number of forms. Whenever we worship any God or Goddess, we worship the energy behind the image.
For some reason, Christians abhor murthi worship and Bible has numerous verses demeaning idol worship. One wonders why. Since Jesus is a jealous God, he felt that his importance will diminish and may become insignificant. That thought might have given shivers to his body. Hence, you will find these verses cursing the idols and demanding the followers to condemn and demean the idol worship.
These verses are listed for your intelligent mind to absorb and reflect:
Exodus 20:3 "You shall have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20:4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
Exodus 20:5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.
Exodus 20:23 Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.
Exodus 23:13 "Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.
Exodus 32:4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."
Exodus 34:14 “Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”
Deuteronomy 4:24 “For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.”
Deuteronomy 4:25 “You must burn their idols in fire, and you must not covet the silver or gold that covers them. You must not take it or it will become a trap to you, for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 7:25 “But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.”
Deuteronomy 7:26 “Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. Regard it as vile and utterly detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.”
Deuteronomy 7:16 “You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.”
Deuteronomy 12:3 “Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.”
Deuteronomy 13:16 “And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.”
Deuteronomy 6:14-15 “You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are all around you (for the LORD your God is a jealous God among you), lest the anger of the LORD your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth.”
Deuteronomy 5:9 “You shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,
Deuteronomy 7:4 For they will turn your sons away from following Me, to serve other gods; so the anger of the LORD will be aroused against you and destroy you suddenly.
Deuteronomy 11:16-17 Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them, lest the LORD's anger be aroused against you, and He shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and you perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving you.
1 Corinthians 10:14 “Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.”
1 Corinthians 5:11 “But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.”
Eze 6:4-6 (NIV) "... I will slay your people in front of your idols. I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars... your idols smashed and ruined, your incense altars broken down, and what you have made wiped out."
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Examples of Real absurdity in the Bible
1) Sabbath –Put them to death if they work on Sunday
Overwhelming majority of Christians believe in Ten Commandments. About Sabbath, Exodus 35:2 commands:
For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.
Who will put them to death? Who has the authority in Christianity to put these people to death? You know that millions and millions of people work on Sunday (Sabbath day). All the shops are open where millions are working. Many sports are played on Sunday. Even Christian Book stores are open defying the word of God. I am sure that you thought about it since you are a Christian who you would not go against your God. How do we deal with these people and put them to death? Exodus 20:9 even specifies as to who should not work: “you shall not do any work – you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock or the alien resident in your towns.” Do you work on Sunday? What about your children?
2) Daughters as Slaves – You can sell your daughters
Exodus 21:7 states that "When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are.” It appears that a man can sell his daughters as slaves and she cannot be freed even after six years. Do you know if anybody is selling his daughters and what is the fair price now? If Christians do not sell their daughters, don’t you think they are denying the GOD? Why your Christian religion is discriminating people based on sex? Do the Christians need permission from the government to sell Christian Daughters.
3) Rebellious Sons –If your children do not obey, they are killed
Deuteronomy 21:18-21 says: “If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father and mother, who does not heed them when they discipline him, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the gate of that place. They shall say to the elders of his town, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So, you shall purge the evil from your midst; and all Israel will hear, and be afraid.”
How cruel it is to take your rebellious son to the town to be killed.
4) Women - Must be Submissive
1 Timothy 2:11-12; “A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. Do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.”
Corinthians 14:34-35; “Women should be silent during the church meetings. It is not proper for them to speak. They should be submissive, just as the law says. If they have any questions, they should ask their husbands at home, for it is improper for women to speak in church meetings.”
We all know that there are millions of Christian women teachers and Christian nurses in authoritative position in India and all over the world. What do we do with them? Is it time to fire them because God forbade them? Do you advocate their removal because they are not permitted to be in authoritative positions over men according to the Lord?
5) Amputation – Cut off your hands and feet; gauge your eyes out
Mathew 18: 8-9; “If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.”
Mark 9:43 “If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.”
It is somewhat troubling to understand. First of all, according the Bible, everybody is a sinner. If that is the case, anybody that is born should have been thrown away into eternal fire? Is there an exception where somebody is born as a non-sinner? Since everybody is a sinner why don’t we burn them when they born.
Who is going to cut off the hands and feet that caused a person to sin? Who is going to gouge the eye and throw it away? Who in the Church is responsible to cut off the hands and foot and gouge the eyes?
Christianity is a Monotheistic Religion
There is no tolerance or inclusiveness in Christianity. The whole motto of Christianity is “one book, one God and one way.””That means Bible is the only book, Jesus is the only God and Christianity is the only way. Monotheistic religions are dangerous, sexist, hateful and full of revenge.
Monotheistic religion Christianity is authoritarian, undemocratic, totalitarian, intolerant, total obedience, cannot question; - killing, torture, excommunication, burning, Conversion, deception, (Eg: Christianity, Islam Judaism)
Any opposition or questioning lead to crusades, inquisitions, reformations, witchcraft, repentance,
Polytheistic religion like Hinduism is democratic, tolerant, open for discussion, dialogue, questioning, more freedom, inquiry prone; liberal, scientific,
George Bernard Shaw: “The apparent multiplication of Hindu Gods is bewildering at first glance. But soon you discover that they are all same God in different aspects and functions. There is always one uttermost god that defies personification. This makes Hinduism the most tolerant religion in the world because its one transcendent God includes all possible Gods.”
Gore Vidal: “From barbaric Bronze Age text known as the Old Testament, three anti-human religions have evolved - Judaism, Christianity and Islam. These are sky-god religions … The sky god is a jealous god, of course. He requires total obedience from everyone on earth, as he is in place not for just one tribe but for all creation. Those who would reject him must be converted or killed for their own good. Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose.”
He also says, “Many of the Christian evangelists feel it necessary to convert everyone on earth to their primitive religion, they have been prevented- so far- but they have forced most tyrannically and wickedly - their superstitions and hatred upon others. So it is upon account that I now favor an all-out war on the monotheists.”
Deceptive Tactics to Convert Dalit
Christian missionaries blatantly lie and tell them that there is no caste system in Christianity and everybody is equal. They we do not practice caste system and they will not be recognized as dalits. After they are converted, to their surprise they find out that they have separate doors to enter the church, seating is allotted at the back and they cannot mix with upper caste people. Marriages take place among the similar caste people. Cemeteries are different for Dalit and upper caste Christians.
Christian church authorities used every trick, deceit and deception to convert gullible and innocent Hindus into Christianity. They do not even mind going against their own religious scripture, Bible. Why do they use so many deceptive techniques to convert people? Billions of dollars are pouring into India from many foreign countries. The Christian preachers have to show that they are converting in order to get more and more money from these countries.
Father Joseph Menengis, priest of St James Church in Mariyannapalya, Bangalore, confessed before the Justice B K Somashekara Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday (March 11, 2009) “The duty of every Christian is to convert non-Christians to Christianity by any means.” When he says “by any means” what does it mean? That means Christians can go against their own Bible teachings, ignore their own Bible, and insult their own God to their selfish monetary motives. They use such method as deception, deceit, force, manipulation, allurement, tricks, treachery, exploitation, violence, killings, educational indoctrination, defame other religions, demean other gods, denounce other scriptures, sexual exploitation and the list goes on.
Father Joseph Menengis also said “Hindus believe in idol worship. So to attract them to Christianity, idol worship is performed in churches.” During cross-examination, the priest said that “despite idol worship being prohibited in Bible, we have idol worship in churches.” Most of the churches have adopted the policy of what is called “enculturation” in order to attract Hindus to these churches. In fact some churches are using Hindu methods of worshiping such as offering arthi, performing abhishekam, chanting names, singing bhajans etc only to convert and modifying the churches to look like Hindu Temples. Some Preachers are dressed like a Hindu saint with long saffron robes to mislead Hindus. The Outlook magazine observed that “Om Namah Jesus could well reverberate inside hundreds of Catholic churches in India very soon, if the changing physical face of these places of worship is anything to go by.” A number of shrines for Mary Mata, different saints are springing up. How can that reconcile to the injunctions of Bible condemning the idol worship. For example in Vijayawada thousands of pilgrims queued up to visit Mary Matha shrine at Gunadala on the second day of the three-day Gunadala Matha festival on Tuesday….Many pilgrims had their heads tonsured on the hillock before offering something. (The Hindu Feb 11, 2009).
To allure innocent Hindus, now they are building Churches resembling Hindu Temples with Rajagopurams adorned with cross instead of kalasas on the top. Now they are putting Jesus in chariot in front of Churches resembling Lord Krishna in Chariot giving upadesa to Arjuna. Now they are putting posters all over India with Jesus as a Yogi – in meditation posture. As David Frawley, an American Hindu teacher and author states in one of his article, ”In India today, the image of Christ as a yogi is not used by Christians to honor the teachings of Yoga. Jesus as a yogi is a new form of conversion propaganda employed by those who do not follow Yoga at all, but use the story to subvert a deeper questioning of their motives and the biases of their theologies.”
In no other country you will see Jesus being worshipped, arthi being offered, agarabathi lighted, breaking coconuts, offering prasadam, distributing teertham, reading ashtottaranamas, worshipping cross in a manner similar to Ayyappa 18 step padi puja, singing bhajans, playing Carnatac music and so on. It is only in India, the deception is rampant with the aid of Politicians, secularists and billions of dollars pouring in from USA.
It appears that Christianity in India is different from any other country. Bible is translated differently to suite the Indian people. Practice of praying is totally different from any other country. It is all make them convert and force them to behave like sheep or a slave. When anybody confronts them, they pull the Atrocities Act from their arsenal and file a case against anybody who questions them. Hindus have become sacrificial goats by this Act.
Is this the kind of Christianity, the Hindus are supporting by celebrating and participating in Christmas celebrations? The whole Christian religion was meant for Sheppards. If one sheep goes, others follow without thinking. Many Hindus follow this sheep mentality without thinking and without realizing the consequences of their support and silence. Let us shed our sheep mentality and protect our dharma by routing out the termites that are stealthily collapsing our Hindu edifice.
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GHHF Activities participated and/or organized from November 10 thru December, 2019
November 10
Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji inaugurated Varanasi Ashram
Sri Swamiji inaugurated Datta Peetham Ashram in Varanasi very close to Chintaamani Ganapathy and Kedarinath Temple. In the ashram Shiva Linga, Sri Hanuman and Sri Dattatreya murthies bedecked. Many people came from different parts of India and different countries.
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November 13 - 24
Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji started Ati Rudra Yaga
Sri Swamiji performed Sri Chakra Puja as Kalasa sthapana was taking place at Chet Singh Palace in Varanasi. More than hundred priests participated in Ati Rudra Yagam. Eleven Homa Gundas were built for the purpose. More than 4000 devotees attended the program. Sri Swamiji spoke about the significance and importance of Kasi and how Kasi has been described as the center of the universe as per our scriptures.
Many dignitaries came to witness the Ati Rudra Yagam. Union Minister Sri Ashok Kumar visited and received Sri Swamiji’s blessings.
November 26
Dwaraka Temple land sale stopped
It was brought to our attention about the sale of Temple lands of Dwaraka Temple. I talked to Sri Sudhakar Garu, Chairman of Dwaraka Tirumala Temple. I have known him for few years. He agreed to stop the auction. We will be meeting with him in few days to talk about issues.
The announcement to sell the land is related to a small piece of land in the middle of Eluru. It is a housing site. He said it is costing more money to protect it than the value of the land.
Anyway, the sale is stopped and we will meet and discuss the future course of action along with other related issues.
November 28
Honorarium to Muslim Mullahs and Christian pastors
Good news - AP high court taken up the PIL filed by Sudhish on the honorarium to the Muslim mullah and Christian pastors, the Government was planning to give.
With this PIL, the High Court asked government explain as to why they should be paid. Government is given nearly five weeks time to respond. Case is scheduled for December 30.
Let us pray that the court will make the right decision
November 30
Christianization started in TTD with the publication of Panchangam. It says Sri Yesaiah Sri Venkatesaya Namaha
In TTD, other faiths are allowed to willfully tarnish the image of Hinduism. Vigilance officer accepted the fact that in TTD website Christian prayer is found. They took immediate action.
Let us see if they will investigate and reveal the names of other faith people and take appropriate action against all non-Hindus from TTD.
An article was published in Deccan Chronicle today on December 1, 2019.
December 3
Visited TTD Gaushala on December 2
We visited Gaushala maintained by TTD. There are about 12 sheds. There are about 80-100 cows are housed in each shed. They are well maintained.
We had a long meeting with Dr. K. Haranath Reddy, Director of SV Gosamrakshana Shala. I gifted my book “Reviving Hinduism” which contains two articles on Gomati.
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December 4
Petition to remove the construction of Church in a village near Tirupati
On December 1, we were informed that church is being built within 15 feet from a Devi Temple in Pulittavari palle village about 20 kilometers from Tirupati. We went to the village and saw a Cross on top of a building. Villagers were told that it was a house. All of a sudden Christian Cross popped on Nov 30.
When we went to the village, they were upset and asked for our help to submit a petition to different officials including the collector-to remove the structure. As per IPC 153 and 154, no activity should be undertaken to disturb the peace and harmony in the community.
Also, as per G O Ms number 376 dated November 29, 2012, no minority religious structures could be built near a temple without the permission of the District Collector. They can be removed if they are built without permission.
We went on December 3 and met with villagers who signed the petition to remove the church. We encouraged them to do bhajans every day and gifted the Sound system on behalf of Global Hindu Heritage Foundation/ Savetemples. They agreed to play religious songs every day and do bhajans.
The signed petitions will be submitted to Collector and other officials on December 4.
Let us hope they will heed the villagers’ request,
December 5
UPDADATE on Petition to Remove Church
As you all know that GHHF/ Savetemples organized a Petition drive to remove Church building which is only 20 feet away from Devi Temple in a village.
We are very happy to report that the Pastor approached the villagers and begging them not to submit the Petition.
He already removed the cross and said that he will use the building as a house. We are not sure how far he will keep his word. We are going to submit irrespective of his promises. Here I am posting the Church building where he removed the cross.
Few other villages are approaching us to help them. We will be visiting these villages soon.
December 6
Planning Meeting on Dr Subramanian Swamy program in Tirupati
On December 5, Savetemples organization arranged a meeting to discuss the arrangements and program of Dr Swamy scheduled for December 29, in Tirupati.
He along with Swami Paripoornananda will be the main speakers. They will address issues affecting Hindus and Ayodhya Verdict.
What are the plans to recover Krishna janmasthala, Kasi Viswanatha temple and Taj Mahal?
Dr. Sundera Murty, Sri Subramanya Yadav and me spoke about the arrangements. More than 65 people attended the planning meeting. We are expecting at least 1500 people to attend the program.
December 7
Vakula Mata Temple progress
On December 6, we visited Vakula Mata temple to look at the progress made since our last visit. As you will see that Rajagopuram and Vakula Mata temple gopuram are almost complete.
Now they will soon work on the sides of the temple. It appears it may be completed very soon.
As many people are aware that GHHF started the agitation in 2012. Many people are involved in the agitation.
Finally TTD agreed to take up Vakula Mata temple. As there are pictures of Vakuka Mata, GHHF came up with the picture which was agreed to sculpture the image as per the sketch.
December 8
CM Jagan Party colors are painted all over in Andhra Pradesh
Party colors are painted on Village Panchayat Buildings, water tanks, electrical polls, some schools, funeral places and even garbage bins on the roads. To our knowledge nothing like this happened before.
We all believe that the panchayat buildings are not the property of any given party, whether it is in power or not. They are the village property belonging to every resident irrespective of what party one belongs. This kind of act only reveals the arrogance and vengeance.
Similarly, electric polls, garbage cans, schools etc do not belong to any one party. I sincerely hope the party echelon will reflect and reverse the decision.
Nobody is invincible. History has shown many examples. It is a matter of time before one learns the lesson
Even Shirdi Sai baba did not escaped the party colors.
It is a sad situation to witness. History is a great teacher if we open our eyes.
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December 12
Sadguru Tattvam book was released by Sri Swamiji
Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji release our book "Sadguru Tattvam-2' on December 11 during Datta Jayanti celebrations. The book contains articles on Guru purnima, Paduja puja, Sri Swamiji, Bhagavad Gita chanting and all the welcome speeches. It is customers for me to welcome Sri Swamiji whenever he visited USA.
After my welcome speech which dealt with healing and meditation music, Sri Swamiji commanded me to publish this book. It also contains about the importance of a guru in one’s life.
December 14
Christianization of Vijayawada Police Department in AP
This is how the things are shaping up in Andhra Pradesh. Now even the Vijayawada Police is being Christianized. Did this ever happen before?
It reads the chief of police in Vijayawada in inviting everybody to enjoy the meals being offered in December 16. This is an invitation on the half of entire police family.
Did he do it for all Hindu Festivals? Why only Christmas Festival?
It should be condemned by all fair minded people.
December 15
AP High Court directed the government to avoid painting Party Colors
On December 13, the high court was petitioned that painting public buildings with party colors are arbitrary and unconstitutional. High court asked the Guntur collector to submit a report in ten days about the cost incurred in painting the buildings and the reasons for painting party colors. Petitioner argued that painting with colors influence the voter.
Times of India published this article on 14th
Lecture scheduled on "Raising Hindu Children in USA" at Hindu Temple in Brandon, October 27.
We request all interested parents and youth to attend this lecture which focuses on the need for inculcating the richness of our Sanatana Dharma, what kind of knowledge to be transmitted, how to create pride among our youth and also how to discuss about various facets of Hinduism with others. Knowledge is power. More we know about our culture more we can explain and defend ourselves customs, traditions, practices and rituals.
My own experience of raising my own children and grandchildren and and observations of other parents' struggles to raise their children may provide necessary information for parents and youth to channel their resources in proper direction.
Lecture is scheduled on October 27 at 11:00 am at Hindu Temple Society of Mississippi, 173 Vernon Jones Road, Brandon, Mississippi.
Lecture scheduled on "Raising Hindu Children in USA" at Hindu Temple in Brandon, October 27.
We request all interested parents and youth to attend this lecture which focuses on the need for inculcating the richness of our Sanatana Dharma, what kind of knowledge to be transmitted, how to create pride among our youth and also how to discuss about various facets of Hinduism with others. Knowledge is power. More we know about our culture more we can explain and defend ourselves customs, traditions, practices and rituals.
My own experience of raising my own children and grandchildren and and observations of other parents' struggles to raise their children may provide necessary information for parents and youth to channel their resources in proper direction.
Lecture is scheduled on October 27 at 11:00 am at Hindu Temple Society of Mississippi, 173 Vernon Jones Road, Brandon, Mississippi.
[GHHF] Andhra Pradesh Government Reversed its Decision: Not Distributing Hindu Temple Lands for the Poor
GOOD NEWS Andhra Pradesh Government decided not to distribute Hindu Temple lands for poor people. Global Hindu Heritage Foundation has written a very strong letter asking the government not to use the Temple lands. Many other organizations also dis the same. In fact, we were preparing a Writ Petition challenging the government decision to distribute Temple lands. We will keep monitoring all the government actions related Temples, Temple money, Temple management and temple lands.
Please read the NEWS Item
Andhra Pradesh govt not to distribute temple land for the poor
Press Trust of India | Amaravati Last Updated at October 20, 2019 19:55 IST
Bowing to pressure from different quarters, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided not to give away temple lands in the form of house sites to the landless poor.
The government had announced it would distribute house sites and housing units to over 25 lakh beneficiaries on Telugu New Years Day 'Ugadi' next year.
In line with this, Special Chief Secretary (Revenue) Manmohan Singh issued a memo to all district Collectors asking them to identify land available village-wise.
He also asked the Collectors to identify endowment lands, which the "temples and choultries are willing to auction with the permission of the High Court.
This stirred a controversy with the BJP and some Hindu religious organisations strongly opposing the move to dispense with temple lands.
The issue came up for discussion during a review meeting on lands Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy conducted here recently.
The Chief Minister was categorical that no temple land should be touched. Instead, he wanted the required land acquired for distribution to the poor, a senior official, who attended the meeting, said.
Officials estimated that over 40,000 acres of land would be required for distribution to the landless poor.
So far, over 20 lakh prospective beneficiaries were identified under the programme.
While 21,948 acres of government land was identified for distribution, another 19,000 acres has to be acquired from private persons.
In some districts, lands earmarked for industrial promotion are also being converted into house sites since there has been no industrial development in the last few years, official sources said.
The land acquisition will cost us anywhere between Rs 8,000 crore and Rs 10,000 crore. We will complete the process of beneficiary identification by this month-end and then go for land acquisition, a senior official added.
(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Link to the original Article.
https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/andhra-pradesh-govt-not-to-distribute-temple-land-for-the-poor-119102000635_1.html
Death Threat to Savetemples from a Christian Pastor; Case Registered in Hyderabad, Telangana.
Dear Friends:
Following is the email we received in our website http://www.savetemples.org
PLEASE CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT AND WEBSITE THAT IS SAVETEMPLES.ORG. OTHERWISE WE WILL KILL YOU SOON. OTHERWISE WE HACK AND DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT. WE HAVE WEAPONS. OUR VOLUNTEERS READY FOR BATTLE. KILL YOU IF YOU WONT DELETE.
On July 25, we have received this message through email from Pastor R. Praveen Kumar.“One book, one God, and one way” is the Christian doctrine. Anybody who disagrees with this doctrine is condemned to hell. Even after 2000 years, since Christians are not able to make inroads into Hindu faith, they resort to violence and terror. They have always succeeded to convert many nations only through violence.
Christians in India are using every deceptive method to convert Hindus by even adopting all Hindu rituals to woo Hindus. Failing, they are resorting to their age-old tactic – threatening to kill.Pastor R. Praveen Kumaris following what Christians have always followed. Create fear in the hearts of Hindus with threats to kill as suggested in the Bible.
How many presidents abhorred Christianity?Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) says, "Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned: yet we have not advanced one inch towards humanity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half of the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support error and roguery all over the earth"
In the name of their God, Jesus, though out the history, the Christians fostered hatred, proclaimed exclusivity, demeaned the lives of other religious people, destroyed the idols, disfigured the images, converted forcefully, demolished Hindu temples, banned Hindu rituals and festivals, prohibited speaking native language, triggered violent encounters, inflicted horror on the children, disallowed wearing Indian dresses, dismembered children in front of their parents, and even proscribed the items such as betle leaves, turmeric, kunkum, flowers, coconuts, areca nuts, etc. This was all done in Goa and other places in India. They want to repeat those atrocities by threatening Hindus and their organizations.
What the Christians are doing today with their rampant Christian conversion machinery is reminiscent of Goa inquisition where the cruelties are the vilest. They do what Bible tells them to do as found in I Samuel 15:3, the prophet Samuel gives King Saul this commandment from the Lord: “Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.”The secular media is blind to the atrocities of proselytization, exclusivity and one god phobia, one wonders about their source of living. Are they abetting the atrocities of Christians? Are they sold to the Christian money machine?
Now Christians are getting emboldened with the recent elections in Andhra Pradesh and showing their real colors. Buttressed by the support of the so-called secularists, liberal media, so-called intellectuals, politicians, so-called Hindus and atheists, Christians and Muslims are targeting Hindus. It is time for Hindus to stand up and fight for their survival.
Below you will see the threatening email, IP address, Cell phone information, Calvary Church address, and Google location. We have provided additional information to Police authorities in Hyderabad. We will try to keep you updated on the course of actions being taken.
Thank you for all your support.
Christianity took over Andhra Administration?
Hindu Activists voices are being muzzled with police power
By Sudha Mohan Mylavarapu - July 22, 2019
https://www.pgurus.com/christianity-took-over-andhra-administration/
Christianity took over Andhra Administration?
There are thousands of Hindu temples across India where Christians are openly trying to preach and convert Hindus by saying Hindus are devil worshippers.
Andhra administration seems to be working hand in glove with Christian missionaries Visakhapatnam's police commissioner Rajiv Kumar Meena issued a memorandum to the city police to protect minority Christians and their churches from Hindu aggression. As per Vizag's city police website, the commissioner took charge on 27th June 2019 and this memorandum was issued on 4th July 2019. Commissioner did not waste any time issuing the orders to protect the Christians. The person who requested protection seems to have close links with the Andhra Christian chief minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.
Rajiv Kumar Meena's memorandum to the Vishakhapatnam city police to protect minority Christians and their churches from Hindu aggression
All over Andhra, Hindus are under attack. Except in rare circumstances mostly aggressors and provokers are from so-called "Minority" community. When Hindus retaliate in desperation[1], Christians play the victim card and use the mighty power of the administration to muzzle the voice of Hindus. One such example is Shivaji, a Hindu activist from Shiva Shakti organisation was arrested in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. He was arrested for sending WhatsApp messages which are alerting Hindus from the lies peddled by other religions. After the arrest, Andhra police have declined to give answers to the public and booked him on charges related to WhatsApp messages. Police are also blocking and not answering phone calls. Is the Andhra administration following traditional Christian methods to oppress or discourage Hindu voices? Shiva Shakti Shivaji's arrest in Kurnool is an indication of the attitude of the police. As per the above memorandum, this is likely to repeat in Visakhapatnam and other places in Andhra too.
"Andhra government came up with a scheme of appointing several hundred village volunteers. It is being alleged that many of these appointees are Christians and also YSR party members."
In Andhra, during Y.S. Raja Sekhar Reddy's rule, several evangelists tried to proselytize in some of the famous Hindu temples such as Tirumala. After protests from the Hindu society, the administration issued orders restricting Evangelical activities near-certain temples. We can see the copy of that G.O below.
GO order
There are many grey areas in this G.O; there is no mention of how far a distance from the Hindu temples such evangelical activities are restricted and why only a few temples? Is this G.O indirectly saying that the government is allowing the Christians to preach near the Hindu temples which are not mentioned in this list? Why not a blanket ban? Did the government punish the guilty Christians ever? May be government or the police don't have the evidence. Social media is full of such evidences. In this video we can clearly see how these missionaries are trying to proselytize near a temple near Visakhapatnam.
Andhra was known to divert Hindu endowment funds to the government's common good funds. Endowment department is making thousands of crores or rupees every year[2]. [3] Despite having huge sums of money, many Hindu temples are in a very bad state. Many Archakas are struggling to make a living.[4] On the other hand, the Christian preachers and Islamic mullahs are getting huge sums of money from abroad (5] via FCRA and FDI, and their communities are also paying them well (Dasama Bhagam, i.e. 1/10 th of their earnings are donated to church or Mosque). Super secular Abrahamised Government is sucking all Hindu temple money and have not dared to touch Islamic and Christian funds.
As per the news on Telugu MSM, Andhra govt announced salaries to imams (Rs-10,000), pastors (Rs 5,000). It makes sense to pay salaries to Archakas because the government is making huge sums of money from temples. One would wonder on what basis the Christian ruler of Andhra gives state sponsored salaries to pastors and mullahs? There are many farmers committing suicide, the government has no love for these hard-working farmers!! Where is the money coming from to pay these salaries? Is the govt using Hindu temple money for their schemes? Is this for electoral gains? Or is Andhra chief minister openly supporting the aggressive conversion racket to convert all Hindus? It is time all Hindus must demand separation of temples from the state's clutches.
Andhra government came up with a scheme of appointing several hundred village volunteers. [6] It is being alleged that many of these appointees are Christians and also YSR party members. Their recruitment is in the final stages now. God only knows the real reason why these are appointed, maybe it is for converting Hindus at village level? Christian missionaries are notorious in using the administrative power to convert the indigenous populations across the world. History filled with many instances and evidences to prove the destruction of indigenous cultures and religions. Christian missionaries use the money power or the administrative power for conversion. One such best living example is persecution of Canadian indigenous population. [7] By doing such heinous acts the Church grew to become the world's strongest political institution under the garb of spirituality.
"The orders issued by the Andhra police is an indication of the Chief Minister'sChristians and Muslim appeasement mentality.”
In British Raj, when East India company put restrictions on missionary work in India, missionaries used "Sati" propaganda to enter into India on the pretext to civilize barbaric Hindus.[8] The same missionaries turned a blind eye to the persecution of their women on the name of the witch hunt. Approximately 9 million women in Europe were murdered, with the support of the church. [9]
From the past couple of hundred years, Christianity is spreading in India like water under the carpet. Officially India's Christian population stays between 2-3%, unofficially it is approximately 20-30% of India's population. In many states Hindus are minorities.
Historically Christians and Islamists are abusing Hindu goodwill. There are many evidences to prove their aggression. Above video is one best example of how Christians are violating Hindu hospitality. Doesn't the constitution put reasonable restrictions on all fundamental rights? There are thousands of Hindu temples across India where Christians are openly trying to preach and convert Hindus by saying Hindus are devil worshippers.
As per the constitution, every religion has the right to propagate, but there are restrictions to all fundamental rights. In the process of conversions Christians claim, "by doing idolatry a Hindu will go to hell and burn" and, they equate Hindu gods to demons. This is clear blasphemy. This blasphemy is happening on a large scale in Andhra and in India, but the authorities turn a blind eye. When Hindus confront these preachers with questions, then Christians use the power of administration to silence those who confronted the proselytization.
Time is running out fast for Hindus. If this trend continues, similar to North-Eastern states there will not be any Hindu left in Andhra in coming years. Hindus plight in Kerala and Tamil Nadu is horrible. Christianity is in control of these two states. We have all witnessed many attacks on Hinduism and Hindus in both these states. A good example is Sabarimala and how the communist government of Kerala was played by the church to destroy the holiness of Sabarimala.
The orders issued by the Andhra police is an indication of the Chief Minister's Christians and Muslim appeasement mentality. He seemed to have forgotten that all Hindus voted him to power in good faith. The administration's actions are very disappointing and unethical. They are trying to protect the aggressors and punishing the innocent who are struggling for existence from the oppressions. Hindus of Andhra must question this biased attitude of Andhra Government. If this does not change, by the end of the tenure of this government, about 50% of Andhra will slip into the spell of Christianity.
Note:
1. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of PGurus.
Ancient Hindu Scriptures and Business Management – Part 1
(NOTE:In this section, we concentrated on the reasons for the failure of the corporations, how to control the stress, importance of controlling the mind and benefits of meditation. In the next article we will extract the guidelines hidden in Bhagavad Gita, Chanakya Arthashastra, Bhishma’s message, Rama’s advice to Lakshman, and Sant Ramdas’ letter on RajNeeti to Shambhaji Maharaj).
Hindus have been dealing with various dimensions of human life ranging from science, religion, society, culture, guru tattva, dharma, karma and reincarnation, four ashramas, Purushardhas, leadership qualities, ethics and morals, traditions and rituals and management of kingdoms through multitude of books such as Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavad Gita, Arthasashtra and other scriptures. These scriptures are filled with ancient wisdom that is as applicable today as it was eons ago. The ideas of various instances of managerial practices such as the vision, planning, execution, organization, coordination, controlling, conciliation, cooperation, winning methods, treatment of the people, appointment of right people to the top position and so on. India, as well as the West, is looking at the pearls of wisdom scattered across these timeless and boundary-less messages found in these ancient scriptures. We will examine the current situation in the business climate of USA, reasons for a high percentage of business failures, stress that is taking a toll on the member's productivity and how the Hindu scriptures are coming to the rescue to salvage these organizations by providing guidelines needed to revitalize them.
Innumerable ideas, multiple guidelines, ageless wisdom, and perennial philosophy ishidden in numerous Hindu scriptures. These are not confined only to India; they are spread across many business organizations across the globe. It is our responsibility to pull them from all the scriptures and make them available for Lokasangraham, which is defined by BG Tilak as, “binding men together, and protecting, maintaining and regulating them in such a way that they might acquire that strength, which results from mutual cooperation, thereby putting them on the path of acquiring merit while maintaining their good condition.” (Gita Rahasyam, P:456)
Before we pluck the guidelines and hidden pearls from the Hindu ancient books, let us examine the conditions under which businesses are failing and some of the possible solutions to prevent their collapse. Once we know why they fail, it is possible to decipher solutions to help revitalize them. Then we can determine the relevance of Hindu scriptures to address the issues facing the management.
How Many Businesses are Failing?
Lara McCaffrey reported that retail bankruptcies hit an all-time high in the first quarter of 2018, even more than last year according to Business Insider. More defaults and bankruptcies are expected to come, says a report from S&P Global Ratings, with retail liquidations speeding up. The report also says the U.S. remains oversaturated with retail despite this.
Some of the businesses that have made this list might surprise you! Onthe surface they might look fine — the clerks still have smiling faces when you walk in and the clothing is still folded neatly on the shelves. But behind the scenes, there’s turmoil! Curious to see if your favorite store is on the list? (Finance 101, September 1, 2018)
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 50% of all new businesses survive five years or more, and about one-third survive for 10 years or more.A number of studies have reported that nearly 90 % of businesses fail in ten years, as per Bill Carmody. Whenever these businesses are started many owners are more optimistic about their success, less concerned about back up plan to counter the potential failure and not competent to calculate the risk. Passion to start the company takes over reason and objectivity.
Fewer than 12% of the Fortune 500 companies included in 1955 were still on the list 62 years later in 2017, and 88% of the companies in 1955 went bankrupt, or merged with (or were acquired by) another firmor they still existed but had fallen from the top Fortune 500 companies (ranked by total revenues). Many of the companies on the list in 1955 are unrecognizableor forgotten companies today (e.g., Armstrong Rubber, Cone Mills, Hines Lumber, Pacific Vegetable Oil, and Riegel Textile).
According to a 2016 report by Innosight(“Corporate Longevity: Turbulence Ahead for Large Organizations“) corporations in the S&P 500 Index in 1965 stayed in the Index for an average of 33 years. By 1990, average tenure in the S&P 500 had narrowed to 20 years and is now forecast to shrink to 14 years by 2026. At the currentrate, about half of today’s S&P 500 firms will be replaced over the next 10 years as “we enter a period of heightened volatility for leading companies across a range of industries, with the next ten years shaping up to be the most potentially turbulent in modern history” according to Innosight.
Reasons for Failure
Many reasons are suggested for the failure of the businesses.
Some founders and CEOs in the study cited did not have a partner to balance them, while others mentioned that their founding team was inadequate for building the MVP they needed to launch the business,. (Chad Otar, Forbes, October 8, 2018).
Many start-ups do not have enough time to deal with their clients and their need. They rely more on vendors to fulfill the needs of their clientele. They are not able to cope up with the competition.
Complacency with success in the initial years of success in business leads to the neglect of the customer needs and assessment of the future needs to satisfy the customers. They become fixed in their ideas and fail to adjust their strategies to be competitive.
Many Business leaders are busy with day to day problems, they are unable to build a winning team. Business success depends to a large extent on forming a talented, dynamic, and winning team. Many businesses are not able to communicate clearly, compellingly and concisely about their products and how they are different from others.
Eric T Wagner reports that 8 out of 10 entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within 18 months. He mentions five reasons for failure of the businesses: 1) Once they start the business they retreat to planning and dreaming of the success without having a meaningful dialogue with real customers. 2) their product or service is not unique that sets them apart from the rest. 3) Lack of communication in a clear, concise and compelling manner about the mission of their organization. 4) Leadership breakdown at the top – not able to make right decision at the right time. Need for personal development to acquire the leadership qualities and others to emulate. 5) Startups should move quickly to develop the product without spending huge sums of money.
How to Manage the Stress
Ample evidence suggests that 80 percent of Americans experience stress either frequently or sometimes. Work and family obligations are cited as the major factors in encountering stress and anxiety. They feel that they do not have enough time to meet the demands of the work and the family. Stress is more damaging to the individual than any other factor. If stress is not addressed and left untreated then it may lead to mental and physical ailments as well as performance levels at work.
Stress, as defined by stress researcher Hans Selye in Organizational Behavior, is "the nonspecific response of the body to any demands made upon it." J. Clarkedefines stress in Stress management as an "internal state or reaction to anything we consciously or unconsciously perceive as a threat, either real or imagined."
Stress affects our body, health, feelings, judgment, mind, thought process, relations, and behavior. If it is not addressed, it can affect our blood pressure, heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and diabetes. Stress can debilitate one’s performance of doing good to himself, for others and in his own world of work.
A survey conducted by employment search site Monster.com of nearly 7,000 U.S. workers found that while a less-than-surprising 35% had contemplated leaving a job to flee a stressful work environment, a more significant number--42%--had "purposely" left a position because of such a workplace.
"People feel stressed out because there’s that continuingpressure to do more with less. Workers feel pressure to get more accomplished," says Mary Ellen Slayter, Career Advice Expert at Monster
Kathryn Dill reported that a separate survey of more than 900 workers found that an employee's relationship with their boss is the most common cause of workplace stress, followed closely by workload, work-life balance, and relationships with coworkers.
Nearly half of employees surveyed report having missed time at work due to work-related stress, and an even greater number, 61%, say that workplace stress has caused them actual physical illness, with insomnia, depression, and family issues cited as results.
Stress comes from all directions – friends, family members, co-workers, bosses and even strangers. The pressure from work can cause frustration, fear, and stress. It agitates the mind resulting in losing the judgment, clouding our thinking, fogging our goals and bewildering our existence itself. We all have to work patiently and intensely to restore our judgment and balance our wavering mind. Bhagavad Gita regards equanimity as essential to making the right decisions either at a personal or professional sphere. “Be steadfast in the performance of your duty, O Arjun, abandoning attachment to success and failure. Such equanimity is called Yoga.” (2:48). The mind is unstable, keeps changing like a wind, and does not remain focused. The mind gets elated when in happiness while dejected when in sorrow. The uneven mind is restless and unstable. Even the mind is considered Sthithipragna. In this state, one is at peace where success and failure would not disappoint or exalt him since his efforts are done without attachment and with no expectation of fruits. The unperturbed mind will be able to concentrate on his efforts, focus on the planning and execution, and gain clarity in the future course of action. He is emotionally stable, always at peace, undisturbed by the vicissitudes, free from fear, firmly grounded on the wisdom, egoless and self-controlled.
Whether your stress comes from your family or your job, you feel very heavy as if something is pushing you down with so much weight. That weight will make you feel dizzy, fuzzy, and giddy for you to make right decisions. Te remove this weight hanging over your shoulders, you need to make every effort to control your mind that would enable you to create the things that would enable you to dissolve the weight that you do not want.
If you can slow down your mind and body long enough to realize that you are not in mortal danger, you will remain calm. One way to do this is by breathing deeply. Another straightforward technique is to focus on a word or phrase that has significance for you. Repeat this word or phrase if you find yourself becoming tense. Relaxation lowers your pulse rate, respiration, and blood pressure. When you combine different techniques such as deep breathing, muscle relaxation, meditation, and yoga, you can significantly lower your stress levels. You will also elevate your mood and improve your ability to focus.
Mind and How to Subdue
As per Oxford University, “The mind (not to be confused with the brain) is a set of cognitive faculties including consciousness, imagination, perception, thinking, judgment, language, and memory. It is usually defined as the faculty of an entity's thoughts and consciousness.” It is responsible for expressing your thoughts, likes and dislikes, feelings and emotions, resulting in attitudes and actions. The mind thinks involuntarily. Nobody can think of how it reacts and receives.
Swami Sivananda discussed and unraveled the mystery of mind through Vedantic philosophy. “He who knows the receptacle (Ayatana) verily becomes the receptacle of his people. Mind is verily the receptacle (of all our knowledge).” (Chhandogya Upanishad, V-i-5)
That which separates you from God is mind. The wall that stands between you and God is mind. Pull the wall down through Om-Chintana or devotion and you will come face to face with God.
Bhagavad Gita says that agitated, unruly, unstable mind is the enemy while the stable even and calm mind is a friend. The mind has a tendency to go after fulfilling the sensate desires and material aspirations resulting in falling in the mire of never ending desires. The more one desires more will sprout. With it, the mind experiences stress, frustration, and agitation dominating the very existence of life. This is experienced by one and all irrespective of the position one occupies. Whether it is on the battlefield, organizations, institutions, family, or friendship circles, mind whirls. In fact, this is exactly what happened to Arjuna on the battlefield. Arjuna acknowledges that,
“I feel the limbs of my body quivering and my mouth drying up.
My whole body is trembling, and my hair is standing on end. My bow Gandiva is slipping from my hand, and my skin is burning.
I am now unable to stand here any longer. I am forgetting myself, and my mind is reeling. I foresee only evil, O killer of the Kesi demon. (1;28-30)
The mind is very restless, turbulent, strong and obstinate, O Krishna. It appears to me that it is more difficult to control than the wind. (6:34)
O Arjuna, the senses are so turbulent they can forcibly lead astray the mind of even a wise person striving for perfection. (2:60)
For the mind which follows in the wake of the wandering senses, carries away his discrimination, as a wind which carries off its course a boat on the waters.
From these statements, we can discern that controlling the mind is the most difficult task in the work. Occasional failures should not be taken seriously. They should not be in the way oy dreaming the dreams and achieving the vision of your interest. They should inspire, stimulate and spur us to be more determined than ever to pursue the set goals.
Paramahamsa Yogananda’s description of a restless mind is worth remembering. His way of comparing the mind to the very nature of animals is beyond anybody’s imagination. He says,
“You may control a mad elephant;
You may shut the mouth of the bear and the tiger;
Ride the lion and play with the cobra;
By alchemy you may earn your livelihood;
You may wander through the universe incognito;
Make vassals of the gods; be ever youthful;
You may walk in water and live in fire;
But control of the mind is better and more difficult.”
The mind has to be controlled, subdued and disciplined if we have to make the right decision either in the organizations or in the family matters.
To be disciplined, to perform one’s own dharma, to accomplish the task at hand successfully and lead personal or professional life without ego, the mind must be controlled. Sri Krishna himself acknowledges that it is difficult to subdue, He says,
"Arjuna said: For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krishna, and to subdue it, to control it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind."
“O mighty-armed son of Kunti, it is undoubtedly very difficult to curb the restless mind, but it is possible by constant practice and by detachment.”
"Lord Sri Krishna said: For one whose mind is unbridled, uncontrolled, self-realization is difficult to work. But he whose mind is controlled and who strives by appropriate means is assured of success. That is My opinion." (Bhagavad Gita 6:34-36).
It is natural for all of us to crave after material objects, to get addicted to sense objects and to get disparaged with vicissitudes of events. It is only by swimming repeatedly, one masters swimming. Without detachment and constant practice, one can control the fickle mind. He also suggests that one should perform his duty with even-minded in success and failure. It is only with an unperturbed mind, the mind can gain clarity, firmness, calmness, and focus.
Meditation
As M. Brieux, a member of the French Academy writes: "The noble minds of India, without having had the necessity of having recourse to experimental science like us, discovered the truths which we discover after them. By the unaided power of meditation, they have given an explanation of the universe which appeared ridiculous to us for a long time, but which our scholars are now beginning to accept."
Arnold Toynbee recognizes the spiritual power of ancient wisdom by saying, “So now we turn to India. This spiritual gift, that makes a man human, is still alive in Indian souls. Go on giving the world Indian examples of it. Nothing else can do so much to help mankind to save itself from destruction.”
According to Patanjali Yoga Sutras, meditation is said to increase prana (life energy). It is the basis of well-being and health. Meditation increases prana, and when you have more prana, you feel more energetic, alert, and more positive. Lack of prana results in lethargy, carelessness, and negativity.
Meditation is defined as an intentional regulated breathing. Concentrate on your thinking process, visualize the higher realms by regulating the mind from wandering in order to regulate the stress anxiety and depression with a deliberate attempt to calm the mind and body. Regular meditation will make the difference over a period of time as neurons in the brain stop bouncing back and forth.
It is a panacea for all the stress, anxiety, tensions and pressures of day to day work. It is very difficult to understand the workings of the mind. In one of the scriptures, it is stated that it is easier to go all the way to the sky, fold it and bring back to the earth than understanding the mind. The mindbecomes agitated, aggrandized, tensed up, impatient, restless and listless. Our Rishis have understood the nature of mind and devised a plan to bring quietude, calmness, and tranquility.
“The method is yoga with the Supreme Soul, God. Yoga is connecting with the Source through which spiritual might is received and the will power in human souls is activated by an enlightened conscience. "Shakti" is spiritual might and it comes directly from God and is the only energy that can purify souls and remove the toxic waste of anger, attachment, ego, greed, and lust. The teachings of Raja Yoga connect the soul to its original, authentic Self, to the treasures within -- wisdom, virtues, and spiritual powers. It provides the basis of life-changing experiences through understanding the non-negotiable laws of life, making meaning out of intention and purpose, discerning truth from facts and figures, and seeing clearly the distinction between maps and territory.” (B K Gayatri Naraine)
In a 2010 study published in Consciousness and Cognition Journal, researchers assigned 24 people in the intervention group. They received four sessions of mindfulness meditation training. The control had 25 people, and this group listened to an audiobook. Results showed that both the mindfulness meditation training group and the control group showed improved mood, but only meditation training reduced fatigue and anxiety and increased mindfulness. Moreover, brief mindfulness training significantly improved visuospatial processing, working memory, and executive functioning. Researchers concluded, “Our findings suggest that four days of meditation training can enhance the ability to sustain attention; benefits that have previously been reported with long-term meditators.”
Meditation has been proven to offer benefits such as stress reduction, relaxation, fatigue, concentration, calmness, creativity, performance, and peace of mind. “During meditation, you focus your attention and quiet the stream of jumbled thoughts that may be crowding your mind and causing stress. Meditation can instill a sense of calm, peace and balance that can benefit both your emotional well-being and your overall health.” (Mayo Clinic Staff, April 21, 2016)
Benefits of Meditation
Numerous studies have been conducted to find out the benefits one would accrue by doing meditation. Meditation can give you a sense of calm, peace and balance that can benefit both your emotional well-being and your overall health. And these benefits don't end when your meditation session ends. Meditation can help carry you more calmly through your day and may help you manage symptoms of certain medical conditions.
About 4000 studies have accumulated benefits of meditation that would include:
Gain a new perspective on stressful situations
Increase in social connections
Increase in focus and attention
Improve the ability to do multitask
Build skills to manage stress
Makes one more compassionate
Increased self-awareness
Focus on the present
Reduced negative emotions
Decrease in depression and anxiety
Improved in the ability to be creative and think outside the box
Increase in imagination and creativity
Improved ability to retrospect
Increased patience and tolerance
Increase in mental strength and focus
Increased memory retention and recall
Better cognitive skills and creative thinking
Better decision making and problem solving
Better information processing
Numerous health benefits are credited to meditation.
Mayo Clinic Staff summarized a number of studies and concluded that the research on the benefits of Yoga and Meditation is accumulating consistently over many decades. Most of the businesses as well as ordinary average individuals are recognizing the need to reduce the stress and importance of improving their situations. Not only meditation can affect the functioning of their organizations but also improvesproductivity, decreases the turnover, counters the stress, reduces the fatigue and improves the physical and mental health. (October 17, 2017)
Meditation helps to concentrate and focus on one thing at a time instead of dealing with many things creating chaos and confusion. The more one focuses, more concentration one develops, the more one concentrates, one performs better and with ease. It also minimizes the use of energy and helps one to be productive and be at peace. This article additionally describes that severe stress causes an increase in some of the regions of the amygdala, (emotional center related to fear) and decrease in regions of the hippocampus (memory and learning), and prefrontal cortex (decision-making). It notes that meditation counteracts these stress-related brain changes. Meditation decreases anxiety and fear and increases memory and cognitive abilities. Deep breathing when stressed out helps them to remain focused and have clarity in thinking, calms down the cluttered mind, and increases blood circulation to the brain.
In aresearch conducted over a period of eight weeks by David M Levy, et al;they recruited three groups of people. They measured the participants’ speed, accuracy, and the extent to which they switched tasks. They concluded, “The meditation group reported lower levels of stress during the multi-tasking test while those in the control group or who received only relaxation training did not. When the control group was given meditation training, however, its members reported lower stress during the test just as had the original meditation group.”
Meditation and Serotonin Levels
Research has indicated that low serotonin levels have been linked to depression, obesity, various sleep disorders, migraine headaches, and PMS. ... Given the fact that many complain these days of one or more of these problems, it would seem that many would benefit from this in order to naturally stimulate an increase in serotonin levels. But there have also been studies to warn of "serotonin syndrome," with possible negative effects from manipulating the serotonin levels by using meditation. ... see the second link on my sources list for a selection of journal articles on that subject.
Some believe there may also be a question as to whether meditation differs from more informal relaxation in its stimulation of serotonin levels. A formal study on the effects of long meditation on plasma melatonin and blood serotonin, conducted in Oslo, Norway at Ulleval University Hospital, arrived at a conclusion that "Serotonin declines after both one-hour meditation and rest, indicating that serotonin may be a marker of general rest and not meditation-specific relaxation." (See the third link on my list for detail on this study).
But overall, I think we can safely say that meditating would be a benefit for a good many people, with the increased serotonin levels contributing in a very favorable way to their physical, mental and spiritual well-being.
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Activities and Accomplishments of GHHF - India Trip December through February 2019
GHHF Activities and Accomplishments of our India Trip December thru February 2019
Namaste:
These are some of the activities we have conducted or participated during our trip to India. We spent more than ten weeks going to different places, attending different programs, releasing a book on “Ambushing Hinduism”, and meeting many officials and dignitaries. We spent considerable time in Tirupati to establish Savetemples Office. Very fortunate to have Prasad Yalamanchi and his wife visit our office in Tirupati. I thought of sharing our activities for your information.
Ram Sharma Kasibhatla, who is our Board member and who lives in Bengaluru has been a great help in arranging and coordinating our travel plans and also scheduling some of our activities during our visit to Bharat. He made our trip comfortable and productive.
December 2, 2018
Swami Paripoornananda campaigned in eight constituencies. I was fortunate to accompany him for about 12 hours.
On December 2, Swamiji campaigned in eight places. There was so much excitement and enthusiasm. He attracted a huge crowd where ever he went. I was fortunate to attend all these campaigns that started at 11:00 am ended around 10:00 pm. He went by chopper to Yadagiri and Chevali. Visited Santoshnagar, jubilee hills, Rajendernagar, Malakpet, and other cities.
December 6
BJP manifesto for Loka Kalyanam (Public Welfare); Congress Party and TRS Manifestos for Minority Kalyanam (Muslim and Christian Welfare) for Telangana Elections.
https://www.savetemples.org/post/bjp-manifesto-for-loka-kalyanam-public-welfare-congress-party-and-trs-manifestos-for-minority-kalyanam-muslim-and-christian-welfare-for-telangana-elections/597?fbclid=IwAR3-Ejd_RKmdNWH8Xc4ilYsPqUq48INXijc2x7f-NIRIbFt6j9sYo5JFUAU
December 18
Gita Jayanti and Vaikunta Ekadasi at Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashram On December 18. More than 120,000 people had Uttaradwara darshan (darshan from north entrance). Lines started forming by 4:30 am and darshan ended at 11:30 pm
At 10:00 am all 700 verse of Gita were chanted by about 100 devotees.
In the evening Sri Swamiji announced SGS post installation exceeded 200,000 and it is being read in 186 countries.
December 22
Hinduism in the USA: Prakasarao Velagapudi was interviewed on “O Meluko Hindu” on Bharat TV on December 10th and was shown on December 22.
https://youtu.be/v2G-Qdl_PYk
Prakasarao Velagapudi spoke on the spread of Hinduism in the USA starting with Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman until rent times. He traced the contribution of Swami Vivekananda, Sri Swami Rama, Paramahamsa Yogananda and a multitude of Swamijis. It was discussed on Bharath TV In Hyderabad.
Another one on the Status of Women in the Bible was shown in June 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jqwx6C4nqM
December 16-23, 2018
Datta Jayanti celebrations at Sri Sachchidananda Ashram
Sri Swamiji conducted Datta Jayanti for three days and sang Bhajans. He also announced that SGS post registrations exceeded 200,000. His messages are being read in 186 countries
He also inaugurated the musical wing in Vishwamji museum
December 24-25
Visited Kukke Subramanya Swamy, Dharma Sthala, Upidi Sri Krishna Temple, Sringeri Sharada Peetham and Kolluru Temple. Sri Sugunendra Teertha Swamiji suggested that we visit His Ashram. We spent one night and visited the Ashram until noon. In Sringeri, we were fortunate to have darshan and a short interview with Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Sringeri who blessed our activities.
December 26, 2018
Addressed to 28 Bhajan Mandals in Valmikipuram near Tirupathi on December 25
Nearly 500 bhajan Mandali members came from different villages for a day-long event sponsored by Samarasata Seva Foundation. To create a sense of identity among villagers, bhajan Mandals were established to encourage singing Bhajans in order to promote Dharmic culture.
I spoke about the spread of Hinduism in the USA and the importance of singing Bhajans by tracing the Varkari saints and how to continue the tradition in villages.
On this occasion, GHHF publication on Ramayana and CD were presented to the coordinators of Bhajan Mandals.
December 27
Visited Sri Kalahasti Siva Temple which is considered as Vayu Linga – wind. It is considered one of the Jyotir Lingas. Some people consider it as Dakshina Kasi and also as Rahu Ketu Kshetra. Many people visit this Temple to do Sani Pujas. The Temple was built around the fifth Century while Raja Gopuram was built by Sri Krishna Devaraya in the 12th century. Unfortunately, due to total negligence and indifference, the government did not do the needed repairs for a crack on the Gopuram. As a result, it was collapsed about eight years ago. Nagarjuna Cements volunteered to build this Raja Gopuram and completed it about two years ago. This Temple is about 40 kilometers from Tirupati.
December 31, 2018
Visited 2,200 old Parasurameswara temple at Gudimallam near Tirupati
This temple, which has a history of 2200 years, is located in a small village. In Garbhagudi, one finds a Shiva Linga with Lord Brahma in demonic form as Lord Shiva is seen as standing on the shoulder of a dwarf. Garbhagudi is at a lower level than the Ananda Nilayam. It appears that on the day of Dakshinayana and Uttarayana, sun rays fall on the bottom of Shive Linga. The rays first fall on the Bali Peetham and then they go through holes in the window, fall on the horns of Nandi and then on Shiva Linga in Garbhagudi. There are many such stories surrounding this temple.
January 1, 2019
We visited ISCON Temple in Tirupati and had a darshan of Lord Krishna and Radha. It is a beautiful Temple to see and admire the architecture. It is believed that Sri Srila Prabhupada visited Tirupati in 1974 and expressed his interest to TTD and Endowment Minister in Building this Temple. TTD provided a piece of land at the foothills of Balaji Temple. They maintain Goshala and Veda Patashala. They have good Guest House for people to stay. We had the opportunity to meet one of the Swamiji, Sri Leela Praraya Dasa, who explained about the history of the Temple.
January 2-3
Sri Swami Paripoornananda Came to Tirupathi to mobilize people to participate in Savetemples movement and held a meeting in Bheema’s Restaurant. More than hundred special invited activists gathered and pledged to support our activities. Sri Swamiji spent more than 5 hours in Savetemples office meeting various people seeking their help. Hari Tummala, Giri, Reddappa have actively participating in these activities for the last few months. All these people pledged their support to the movement.
January 4, 2019
Attended Samarasata Seva Foundation function on Jan 4
Under the aegis of Hindu Dharma Parirakshana Trust, Samarasata seva Foundation organizes all Mandal coordinators of Chittoor district to overview the activities and accomplishments on January 4, 2019, at Ramakrishna Mission facility in Tirupathi
Discussed the future course of action and passed resolutions expressing appreciation for those involved.
Spoke about the status of Dharmic activities in the USA and our efforts to free Hindu temples from the government control in India
January 7
Spoke at Virat Hindustan Sangam Conference Dharma on Jan 6 in Mumbai
Dr. Subramanian Swamy organized this meeting in Mumbai with the help of Virat Hindustan Sangam members. Dharma wiki was released to portray the factual Hinduism and refute the false information. I had a chance to speak on the spread of Hinduism in the USA.
January 8
Visited Somnath temple - one of the jyotirlingas
As many of you are aware that this temple was looted and destroyed by Muslims several times. Every time it was rebuilt, it faced the same state. After Independence, Vallabhai Patel rebuilds the present structure. Dr. Rajendra Prasad inaugurated the temple in spite of objections from Nehru at the time.
January 12
Met Dr. Man Mohan Singh, the Principle Secretary for Revenues in the Secretariat at Velagapudi. Spent about 15-20 minutes talking about our mission and see how we can work to maintain transparency and proper use of Temple money. Also talked to Sri L V Subrahmanyam, former EO of TTD.
January 13
Dharma Acharya Sadassu In Vijayawada on Jan 10th
More than 50 Swamiji’s and Hindu leaders were invited to Dharma Acharya Sadassu to talk about various issues affecting Hinduism. Each leader was given 15 minutes talk about their attitudes and suggestions to overcome menace caused by Christians and the government. I spoke about the need to I still pride among Hindus and how to confront Christian attack. Identified a number of deceptive conversion practices designed to lure the innocent Hindus.
January 14
Visited historical Lord Shiva temple in Gurazada, AP on January 12
Lord Shiva temple in this village has more than 150 years of history. A per the legend, somebody had a dream where Lord Shiva told him that he was residing between two Jammie trees and wanted him to find and build a temple. As per the dream, he found Shiva Linga between the two trees. We can see these two jammy trees.
We visited the family who is preserving and maintaining the temple for more than 150 years.
This temple faces west instead of east. As you can see it needs renovation.
January 20
Visited Sri Siddheshwar Tirth, Brahma Rishi Ashram in Tirupati
We visited two temples-built side by side - one is Vishnu temple, the second one Jain Temple. Both of them are built with white marble. Sri Gurumaharaj is the founder of this Ashram. He recently visited Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple in Frisco and also attended Diwali Mela in Dallas in 2018. It is worth visiting these beautiful temples.
January 23
Visited Goddess Padmavati Temple in Tiruchanur
Goddess Lakshmi was born to Akasaraju and married to Lord Venkateswara. Lord saw her for the first time on the lotus flower in a Padmasarovaram (Temple lake). Padma Puranas described this temple in great details. Thousands of people visit every day. There is a Surya Temple facing the lake.
January 25
Visited Golden Temple in Vellore
Eight of us visited Golden Temple in Vellore and spent about eight hours. Public Relations Officer conducted a detailed tour explaining the origin of the temple and history of Sri Narayani Amma. Maha Lakshmi or Lakshmi Narayani is the presiding deity. They also had a Balaji temple built two years ago.
We attended the Puja performed by Amma. Following that Amma spent about 15 minutes talking to us and he blessed the activities of GHHF. He said not to worry too much about the danger to our Sanatana Dharma. We presented two of our books to Amma- Sadguru Tattvam and Reviving Hinduism.
He inquired about Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji and remembered his visit to Datta Peetham.
January 27
Four Hindus shared their experiences as Christians and how they came back home to Hinduism
Although we talk about the deceptive practices of Christians and how they trap the vulnerable Hindus, Global Hindu Heritage Foundation wanted to have first-hand information from the reconverts. We have videotaped their experiences of being Christians, how they were trapped by the Christians, how they were treated, how they demeaned Hinduism, how they exploited them financially, how they made false claims and others.
Their experiences are revealing to share with others who are still trapped by Christians missionaries. GHHF will be sharing their experiences in their own words very soon via recorded videos.
GHHF honored them with shawls, Bhagavad Gita and Lord Venkateswara picture
January 29
Visited Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan In Tirupati
It is located in one of the most beautiful locations in Tirupati that faces Lord Venkateswara Rajagopuram on top of the hill. Also, one can see the path where devotees climb the hill to have darshan.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan engages in numerous social, cultural, religious and educational activities. They have more than 2500 students enrolled in different classes. I met with Sri Satyanarayana Raju who is in charge of the Bhavan. It is worth visiting to see the mere beauty of the location
February 2, 2019
“Ambushing Hinduism” book written by Prakasarao Velagapudi was released by Swami Paripoornananda in Bharat Today Building in Hyderabad.
On February 2, “Ambushing Hinduism” was released by Swami Paripoornananda in Hyderabad. G. Valliswar served as the Master of the ceremony. Before the release of the book, I spoke about the mission of Global Hindu Heritage Foundation to free Hindu Temples from the government. Soon realized there was a threat to the very existence of Hinduism. It is being attacked from different directions from Christians, Islam, Hindus, Media, secularists, and academia. I mentioned that Hindus may be more dangerous to Hinduism than other groups. Government officials have become the champions of Christians and Muslims.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhD4rk1priw&t=25s
Swami Paripoornananda spoke about the Hindu politician’s evil-mindedness. They are becoming more dangerous to the existence of Hindu interests. He mentioned how Arabs, Muslims, and British people came and destroyed our civilization. He also mentioned that the present political system is more threat to the very survival of Hinduism. He asked everybody to read the book to know the anguish of Prakasarao and make concerted efforts regularly rather than addressing the issues.
February 4
Panel discussion on “Ambushing Hinduism” on Bharath TV
On February 4th, a panel discussion was conducted at Bharat TV. Sri I Y R Krishna Rao, former chief Secretary and ex EO of TTD, Padmasri T Hanuman Chowdary and Dr. Remella Avadhanulu Garu assessed the book and talked about the relevancy for the present time. One-hour program was anchored by SAI Krishna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UqsCx-9Vsw
February 7
Spoke at World Interfaith Harmony Week in Bengaluru
At the invitation of Dr. Yogi Devraj on behalf of World Interfaith Week, I spoke about the reasons as to why there is more chaos than harmony. Leaders from Christian and Islamic faiths talked about harmony and how every faith should work together to maintain love and peace.
I mentioned that Religion of Peace (Islam) and Religion of Love (Christianity) are causing more problems, creating divisions, breaking up families, adopting deceptive practices, advocating terrorism and creating more terror than Harmony. Unless conversion stops, society will experience more hatred and terror. Hindus never had any problems with Jews because they never imposed their religion on Hindus while the other two Abrahamic religions determined to convert India into either Christian or Islamic religion.
Interfaith dialogues must discuss the real problems rather than hiding behind the real problems facing India.
Met with FIVE activists
Following Interfaith Harmony meeting, Rama Sharma arranged a meeting with activists who are doing a yeoman service to protect Hindu Temples and Hinduism. Smt. Aruna, Hala Ramesh, Ramesh, Naidu and others met for more than two hours and discussed on repeating some of the activities GHHF has done in Andhra Pradesh and also take up tasks unique to Karnataka. They have identified few activist Advocated who will help them to challenge the government on its discriminatory policies toward Hindu Temples.
February 8
Visited Sri Srinivasa Raju, who is the founder of Vyasa International High School. He invited five other interested people and spent 90 minutes at his house talking to him about our future activities in Karnataka. Dr Sreeram, Dr Adinarayana and others joined our discussion.
February 9
Spoke about the dangers Hinduism is facing through different organizations from diverse directions on Dharma Peetham Program in Bhaarath TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH_RtEtxANs
February 10
Ancient wisdom and business management seminar
The day before I left India to the USA, I was invited to speak on the impact of ancient wisdom on the business management in Bengaluru.
Ram Sharma, the Board member of GHHF, organized this seminar that was attended by more than 50 IT workers. We discussed about 15 top USA business people who encourage meditation to beat the work stress in their own offices and also the number of executives who practice yoga and meditation. We talked about the impact of Bhagavad Gita, Kautilya’s Arthashastra, Vedas and Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras on the work ethics and success of the companies. Also, how music and chanting can boost energy to be more productive. A number of studies were cited to prove how meditation impacted the increase in efficiency and productivity. Also, how meditation can help maintain Stithipragna to preserve the energy and help focus on the larger goal.
Officials we met during our India Trip
Sri Mukteswara Rao, ISA (Retired). He is in charge of Swetha program where they developed a manual to train Dalits as Priests in the Temples built in Dalit Communities. He is doing a great job in teaching and training the Dalits.
Sri Raghu of Bheemas Restaurant. He is one of the pillars of Hinduism in Tirupati. He coordinated Sri Paripoornananda Swamiji’s visit I Tirupati – January 2-4.
Sri Myna Swamy who is the Editor of Temple Times. He has done a great job in highlighting the importance and significance of historical and ancient Temples.
Sri Satyanarayana Raju who heads Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan organizing the activities of Sanatana Dharma. More than 2500 children attend Vidya Bhavan School.
Dr. Muralidhara Sastry, VC principle of Sanskrit College. He also attended our Dwaraka Tirumala Conference in 2017. He is developing Certification requirements for people who work in Hindu Temples to make sure that are aware of the richness of Hinduism and Hindu Temples.
Pola Bhaskar, IAS who was the Joint EO spent a few minutes talking about TTP plans to conduct Summer School in the USA this Summer. He would let us know to find out if we can also be part of that proposed plans. Since that time, he was transferred to another section.
Sri Anil Kumar Singhal met with me and talked briefly about our activities. He acknowledged receiving GHHF correspondence and he is aware of our mission.
Sri Ajay Kumar Varma, one of the founders of Devlok which a divine project is where all Hindu Temple traditions, customs, deities, and architecture will be presented to represent a theme that is spiritual and religious. It is being planned on a grand scale.
Sri Sasrudananda Swami, Pontiff of Sri Lalitha Peetham in Tirupathi. He built a beautiful Temple. Replica of Ashtalakshmi Temples is constructed. He came to GHHF conferences three times so far. Very active and spiritual.
Sri Swami Anupadananad Swami of Ramakrishna Mission in Tirupathi.
Sri Subramanyam Yadav, who is part of GHHF for the last ten years in Tirupati
Sri. Bhanu Prakash Reddy, BJP activist who was a Board of Trustee for TTD
Sri Sundara Murthy RSS activist
Panelists who discussed the book on Ambushing Hinduism
Padmasree T Hanuman Chowdary
Sri I Y R Krishna Rao, Ex-EO of TTD
Dr. Remella Avadhanulu.
Ex-Christian Esther
Her family converted to Christianity when she was about seven years. She practiced Christianity for nearly 25 years. It is a very fascinating and gripping story as to how she converted to Christianity and how she came back home.
She agreed to do four segments of her story in English. We will share her videos once they are available. She will be coming to the USA in April-May. We will plan her speeches in different cities.
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Homage to soldiers killed by terrorists in Pulwama, Kashmir, India
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Foreword to Ambushing Hinduism by Dr. Remella Avadhanulu
Dr.R.V.S.S. Avadhanulu
Founder, “Shri Veda Bharathi”
Bharat, that is India, has been the Hindu Rashtra from times immemorial. It is well known over several millennia ,for its highly esteemed tradition of Sanatana Dharma, now popularly called as Hinduism. The glory of our country that spread to all the corners of the world, is due to its unique and dignified life structure of the Hindus of this country. Here Dharma was the way of life. Truth was the principle of speech. Peace in the society was the objective. Tranquility of mind was the condition. Penance was the methodology. Universality was their outlook. Liberation was their goal. Equality of all creatures was the rock foundation of their thinking. Freedom of religious practice was without restrictions. Approach to trade and commerce was with highest level of righteousness, Vedas and the knowledge in any subject was without parallel. Encouragement to arts and science was spontaneous, Society with undivided families was a common feature. Affinity and affection were observable everywhere. Poverty was unknown. Scholarliness was the point of admiration. To summarise, Satyameva jayate naanritam, Ahimso Parama Dharmah and Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah etc. were the tenets scrupulously followed by one and all.
That was the story of Great Hindu Rashtra in ancient times. “Glorious state”
But wealth gave place to laxity. Passive nature became weakness. Pausity in research led to backwardness. Disunity of rulers became the curse. Richness of people and country was source of attraction and jealousy for foreigners. Petty rivalry among the local princes led to slavery of the nation. Ultimately aggressions, looting and molestation by alien rulers became the order of the day.
That was the story of struggling Hindu Rashtra during the last two thousand years. ”Pitiable State”
However, mistakes were identified. Nationalism and patriotism were again ignited. Unity in diversity was highlighted. Donations poured in. Vande Maataram became life line for millions of Hindus. Sacrifices were made. Sages and saints gave clarion call. People became one. Self respect and bravery drove away the foreign rule. World was astonished at the rebirth of independent India and its spectacular achievements.
This was the story of victorious Hindu Rashtra written by our valorous forefathers just 70 years back. “Worthy State”
But the process of struggle for independence at the end had to witness some blunders . Very big chunks of our holy land were cutoff bluntly and brutally. Size of India contracted from 72.30 lakh square kilometers to 32.87 lakh square kilometers. Percentage wise it is 45.5%. It means that today’s India is less than half of ancient India. It is a hard fact that we can not digest at all. Rest of ancient India is occupied by a set of enemical countries, always mongering for wars with modern India. New points of constant hatred and friction were created. Rights of native Hindus were usurped. The patriotic Hindus, who sacrificed every thing of theirs with love and devotion for independence of this holy land, were forcefully made equal to aggressors, traitors and foreigners, who have no love or lust for this land. Sanatana Dharma of this land, which bestowed the unique way of life from time immemorial, was trampled and was made equal to the faiths which vowed to destroy and replace the former. Hindu Rashtra was converted as a land of all, where patriotism has no meaning. The owners of this land were asked to live and share with looters, killers and usurpers. Hindu Rashtra is renamed as India.
This is the background of our Constitution of India at the time of its formation. “Horrible State”
With restoration of partial independence, millions of Impoverished Hindu families had high expectations of a brighter future for their succeeding generations.
The values for which this country stood for longest spell of time known in human history were thrown to winds. The ideals for which millions of Hindus sacrificed were set aside. Temples, which stood as eternal symbols of Hindu magnificence, are dumped with unscrupulous politicians. Cow which was revered with divinity is made an easily available eatable item. Dharma is questioned. Sri Ram’s birth place is challenged. Dress code has changed. Indian languages are heckled. Conversions to other enemical religions are unabated. Political parties are competing with each other in appeasement of followers of enemical faiths,. Leaders are not daring to sing “Vande maataram”. Millions of foreign refugees are allowed inside. Hindus have become refugees in their own mother land. Demography is changing. Threat to survival of Hindus has increased manifold. Selfishness alone is the only rule. Self respect is mortgaged. Clinging to power, at the cost of national ethos, became the goal of life. The set of words “Hindustan, Hindutva and Hindu” have become a taboo to utter. Educational system was spoiled. History was altered drastically. To say briefly, the dacoits and thieves are virtually becoming the owners and the real owners are being driven away. No hope for Hindus to live in this country with self esteem!
More than all, the mindset of Hindus is totally polluted.
Hindus have become enemies to Hinduism.
This is an unimaginable threat to Hinduism. “Worst State”
In this background the book “Ambushing Hinduism” is brought out by the author , Dr. V.Prakasarao garu, who compiled various articles written in different contexts, with deep anguish. He elaborates how the words have become synonimous with certain peculiar concepts. For example:
Secular means Loot Hindu Temples money and gift it to Muslims and Christians
Secular means drive away Kashmiri Pandits; make them homeless
In this context the author points to some wise statements of great thinkers of the world, as noted below:
George Santayana- 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'
Will Durant:“The Mohammedan Conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history.
Mahatma Gandhi-If I had power and could legislate, I should certainly stop all proselytizing". "I resent the overtures made to Harijans." "Stop all conversion, it is the deadliest poison that ever sapped the fountain oftruth." Poverty doesn't justify conversion.
Nitin Mehta- "For the secularists, any expression of India's heritage, culture, and spiritual beliefs is anathema. For these social scientists and economists, most of whom are of Indian origin and live in Britain, India always falls short of their expectations.”
The author took lot of pains to collect data which is viciously propagated by persons and organizations working against Hinduism and Hindu leaders.
For illustration,” BBC has started a vicious campaign against Narendra Modi and labeled him as a "mass murderer" and accused him as a man who started persecuting minorities.”
“New York Times article on Narendra Modi was biased, unfair and prejudiced”
“Shashi Tharoor’s book “Why I Am a Hindu.” Islamicvadi attacks Hinduism, Hindutva and Hindu Leaders”
Under these chilling conditions, the only leader who is representing Hindus and who is fighting for the rights of Hindus and the temples of Hindus is Dr. Subramaniam Swamy. His works are the only solace for Hindus, in India and abroad. His demand for Hindu Rashtra is not a slogan for electioneering. Hindu Rashtra is the correct wording that represented India from times immemorial. It is the concept for which millions of Hindus struggled. It is the aim for which Hindus sacrificed in the wars for independence. What he is asking now is restoration of its earlier status, as it was the Hindus who fought for it! It can not be dubbed as parochial or religious. Hindu Rashtra is a State that has all the foundations of Universality, Freedom of expression and freedom of Practice!
I heartily congratulate Dr.Prakasarao garu for his laudable compilation of various articles on the present condition of Hinduism, with the title of “Ambushing Hinduism”.
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