I like to go for temples, But i like to when temples become free,because in rush we cant see god freely at all.

In some temples like Tirumala one can never see God freely, in fact you may never get a chance to see the statue properly as you are shunted out, this after going through all those passages before reaching the sanctum...It is quite an experience ! :huh:

true, while I visited years before there was a great rush at the bus stand and they used to issue one ticket for one person in the Que. I reached to the temple with great expectancy but felt disappointed seeing the big lines on different gates with rates of admission written on them. I walked through the campus and came back after some time without reaching to the proper place. I saw many people getting their heads shaved and Laddus selling as prasadam.

The best part about Tirupathy is its location which is very scenic and there are some nice things to see there like a dam built high on the hills and a waterfall.One can also walk around on the hilly paths, I found that much more interesting and during the winter months the weather too is ideal with nights being very cold and misty.We stayed there at the guest house which was very good , the temple of course was the most disappointing , I guess only the celebrities get to spend enough time there.
One of my friends had gone there on the day Amitabh , Abhishek,Aishwariya and others had visited for a pooja and the temple was closed for other visitors for more than 2 hours :ohmy: that is God and religion!

This has happened with me many times, I once visited Kamakhya temple in Guwahati where there was so much blood flowing on the floor where we are supposed to wait while in que, that was due to sacrificing goats in public view. I could not stand the scene and came back without entering the temple. The prasad we bought, was offered to Kamakhya at the back wall of the temple if she accepted it!!

I like to go for temples, But i like to when temples become free,because in rush we cant see god freely at all.

In some temples like Tirumala one can never see God freely, in fact you may never get a chance to see the statue properly as you are shunted out, this after going through all those passages before reaching the sanctum...It is quite an experience ! :huh:

true, while I visited years before there was a great rush at the bus stand and they used to issue one ticket for one person in the Que. I reached to the temple with great expectancy but felt disappointed seeing the big lines on different gates with rates of admission written on them. I walked through the campus and came back after some time without reaching to the proper place. I saw many people getting their heads shaved and Laddus selling as prasadam.

The best part about Tirupathy is its location which is very scenic and there are some nice things to see there like a dam built high on the hills and a waterfall.One can also walk around on the hilly paths, I found that much more interesting and during the winter months the weather too is ideal with nights being very cold and misty.We stayed there at the guest house which was very good , the temple of course was the most disappointing , I guess only the celebrities get to spend enough time there.
One of my friends had gone there on the day Amitabh , Abhishek,Aishwariya and others had visited for a pooja and the temple was closed for other visitors for more than 2 hours :ohmy: that is God and religion!

This has happened with me many times, I once visited Kamakhya temple in Guwahati where there was so much blood flowing on the floor where we are supposed to wait while in que, that was due to sacrificing goats in public view. I could not stand the scene and came back without entering the temple. The prasad we bought, was offered to Kamakhya at the back wall of the temple if she accepted it!!

I have seen this practice in some temples of Uttrakhand too and its been practiced since ages and still the people have so much of blind faith in this ritual. The very sight of such sacrifices in the temple premises makes you feel bad.

Last week, a family from Trivandrum came here to visit Guruvayur temple. When they were to leave, I plucked some thulsi leaves and asked them to offer at Guruvayur temple. I know well, Kannan loves Krishna tulsi a lot. But, they were not allowed to take that tulsi leaves inside temple. Reason, nothing from outside is allowed to give Bhagavan as our offerings. Only those things bought from temple...flowers, banana, agar bathi, oil or anything. Pure business!!! Nothing else.
My hubby is saying.....Devaswam has crores of investments in banks itself and the way they behave with bank managers....it seems they are the real owners of that money.

Last week, a family from Trivandrum came here to visit Guruvayur temple. When they were to leave, I plucked some thulsi leaves and asked them to offer at Guruvayur temple. I know well, Kannan loves Krishna tulsi a lot. But, they were not allowed to take that tulsi leaves inside temple. Reason, nothing from outside is allowed to give Bhagavan as our offerings. Only those things bought from temple...flowers, banana, agar bathi, oil or anything. Pure business!!! Nothing else.
My hubby is saying.....Devaswam has crores of investments in banks itself and the way they behave with bank managers....it seems they are the real owners of that money.

I have seen many temples accepting only gold and cash from outside otherwise every other offering should be bought from the shopping complex inside. Unless people would learn it on their own, no one is going to convince them that temples are one of the biggest business centers of this country and trustees and priests have billions of their own.

The practice of animal sacrifice is mostly in Kali temple. This will not be in Vaishno Devi, Vishnu and Hanuman temples. I witnessed animal sacrifice in Rajrappa Temple in Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand. There is such sacrifice in Pashupatinath temple in Nepal also.

Any one uneasy with animal sacrifice need not visit such temples.

The practice of animal sacrifice is mostly in Kali temple. This will not be in Vaishno Devi, Vishnu and Hanuman temples. I witnessed animal sacrifice in Rajrappa Temple in Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand. There is such sacrifice in Pashupatinath temple in Nepal also.

Any one uneasy with animal sacrifice need not visit such temples.

The practice of animal sacrifice is mostly in Kali temple. This will not be in Vaishno Devi, Vishnu and Hanuman temples. I witnessed animal sacrifice in Rajrappa Temple in Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand. There is such sacrifice in Pashupatinath temple in Nepal also.

Any one uneasy with animal sacrifice need not visit such temples.

Yes I have seen both Rajrappa, where I visited from Ramgarh Cantt and Pashupatinath in Nepal. I found both of them cruel but that is tradition. The same happens in Kali temple in Sadar, Meerut also.