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  •   Thu, Sep 13 2007 09:30:47 AM

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Sullia, Sep 13: Kukke Subrahmanya Temple President T Venkatramana Bhat addressing a news conference on Wednesday September 12, said that strict legal action will be sought against any individual found guilty deceiving the pilgrims in the name of the temple.

Addressing the reporters on the context of a report that said shed light on the fake pujas happening around temple premises deceiving the pilgrims and about various centres running in places like Bangalore and Mumbai in the name of the temple, Bhat said that temple will not be responsible if people are cheated.

Kukke Subrahmanya Temple, from ancient times has been the religious destination for those wanting to solve the ‘Nagadosha’, in their horoscopes. The sanctity of the temple and the firm belief of the devotees on the power of this divine destination have attracted comman man to celebrities.

It is a belief that God will be pleased and will bless the devotees if the puja rituals are perform ritualistically for the Nagadosha. The temple’s popularity started soaring high and with the popularity, grew the list of devotees wanting to perform ‘Sarpa samskara’ (for Nagadosha). In this scenario began a tale of ‘Commercialised pujas, strangling and throwing away the rituals.

There used to be a rule of booking the names of the devotees wishing to perform this puja. As their turn came, they would be intimated and in their presence the puja was held. But in recent times with the growing number of pilgrims, some priests, astrologers, middlemen and local residents have been taking the devotees for a ride by performing fake pujas on the bank of river Kumaradhara, at residences, halls and other convenient places.

Bhat said that the temple committee has noticed the issue of fake priests misguiding the pilgrims to extract money from them.

He also clarified that there are no authorized branches of the temple in any place neither in the country nor outside the country set up to collect funds for the religious, educational and cultural programmes held by the temple.

Hence, the temple urged the devotees not to fall prey to such unauthorised centres. He said that devotees can directly send donations and amount payable for the pujas to temple itself.
  

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  • Alfred J. Rebello, Kundapur/Dubai

    Thu, Sep 13 2007

    There was a time when there was no education people use to consider whatever a religious man said is a Gospel word, be them from any religion. But I am surprised people still follow the same and therefore some who call themselves 'people of God' take advantage of it. What is happenning around the world today is the proof.

    Only believe when any religous man tells you the actual word of God as written in the respective holy books. But do not believe when they say their religion is the best. God never made any religion. Let me tell you one thing, on our last journey as per our faith we will meet God and God will not ask how many 'Pujas' one made or which religioin one belongs to, but ask, have you followed what I said long ago. He will ask 'I sent you to this world, What have you done to your fellow human' to whom also I sent but did not give him as much as I gave you.

    God will also ask when one in need have you done anything which you could have done. There are many who only show sympathies but does nothing even though they could. They only tell have faith in God. Prayer, yes we need prayer to increase our faith in God but do not be mistaken only by praying our sins have been forgiven and one will go to heaven.

    If so, whole world would keep praying in holy places 24 hours and do nothing. There are 24 hours a day and we do not keep praying all the 24 hours. But whatever we pray, the affect of this prayer depending on how we live rest of the day.

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