Allah, Ram, Lord, Waheguru and what not. It does not matter
what we call him, or how do we address him, but we all have that same purpose,
to recite him and remember him who created us. One god, and names many!
Temples,
masjids, churches and Gurudwaras, they are all same. You will find half of our
population friendshiping god on
Thursdays. Appointments are already reserved well in advanced. And donations,
well what can I say? It puts a big question mark on my face looking at the fact
that each and every temple in this world is the richest one. In India, the top
affluent temples like: Tirupati temple, ,
Shirdi temple, Shrinathji Temple in Rajasthan's Nathdwara , Kashi vishwanathan
temple and many others have already been in limelight for their royal treasures
and donations. Their religious bodies have opened demat accounts and the reason
behind this is that these religious trusts find it tedious to get physical
shares dropped in donation boxes transferred to their names.
DONATION ‘FASHION’
trending the world:
The donations given in these
temples per day counts to 10 Crore rupees. This amount is so huge that even god
finds it difficult to use it in endless ways. In what ways can he be spending
such a huge amount? Will he invest in shopping? Will he invest in gaining
properties? Will he give loans to his other collages? Or will he preserve this for
his future generations? When I see those
heavy donation boxes, I really keep wondering what he must be doing with those
hefty sums. Ok, let’s consider that even if 2/3rd of its amount is
spent in the temple’s makeover, 2/3rd of its remaining amount is
used for the trust’s welfare, again 2/3rd of the remaining amount is
used for providing salaries to the pujaris and the working staff, but still a
huge amount of money is still counted in the leftover donations. If we compare
all the annual incomes of the richest Honchos in the world and collectively add
them, we still cannot make out the richest sharings as ‘GOD’ alone has it on
his own terms.
What ‘Awareness
aromas’ wants to convey?
Donation or offerings to ‘God’ has
always been considered as a part of our believes and spiritual connections.
But, god never said this that please keep my pockets well reserved in advance
because I want to shop or because I want to invest in shares or because I want
to purchase a newly furnished bungalow. God never says this.
Infact, he only says that ‘Offer help to the
needies, fed the empty stomachs, try to literate the uneducated, provide shed
to the homeless and pray for the orphans’…Well, we as a common individual are
always interested in providing offerings to the god when our wishes come true.
So, instead of donations why don’t we pray god that ‘Yes, if my wishes come
true, I’ll surely feed 10 people from the orphange’. Make such things as your
habit. I really don’t want to question your beliefs but still would say that
‘Instead of spending your donations in religious trusts and organisations, you
should think that a small part your donation to the needy ones can create a big
difference to their lives.’
