In India, Hindus consider Temples as their first spiritual
home. Most of the Hindus religiously worship their innumerable gods and
goddesses every day by visiting the temples. Even if you look at history, Indian
temples played strategic roles in the formation of villages, towns, cities,
etc., since eons. Temples in India, not only act as spiritual centers but also
play as gathering centers; for example, a ‘vortex of attraction’ for gathering people
around a particular cause, a place to deliver judgments related to crimes, a
get-together entertainment center of surrounding nearby habitats, etc.
As you know, Hinduism is a way of life. And there is no
dearth of Gods and Goddesses in Hinduism; their number runs into millions. As
per Hindu scriptures, although there are innumerable Gods who rules and
presides over various occasions, ultimately, they are all descendants of a
super power, who is none other than the PARAMATMA
himself. Due to this reason, Hindu
people, no matter whichever sub-deity they worship, they think in their minds
that they are worshipping PARAMATMA –
the ultimate divine power.
Hindus are idol worshippers. Just like how every day they beautify
their bodies by cleaning it with different solvents and beautify themselves by decorating
it with different ornaments, Hindus want to decorate their Gods also in the
same way. Every day, at temples, purohits (designated Brahmin people to perform
the Hindu God’s rituals as per scriptures) clean God’s idol and decorate it with
beautiful ornaments. They have been doing this since the day Hinduism born and
have been continuing till today. They recite the vedic chants while refreshing
the deity; this whole process spreads a beautiful serene atmosphere on its
surroundings while providing the worshippers a tranquility of mind.
In earlier days, Hindustan (the land of Hindus or the
present country India) was a bountiful country. It used to be a dreamland for
so many other countries in near and far away regions. It was a land of riches
and comforts filled with pious and peace loving people. But God has written a different
fate for it. Its riches has becomes its curse. Because of this, it has become
an enemy to so many other nearby and faraway barbarian countries who knows
nothing but plundering the riches of other people and taking away their peace
from their minds.
Hindustan was attacked by so many barbarians, who plundered
and bled it like hell. However, they were unable to plunder it completely as
the riches of the country were more than the proportion of the barbarian’s
greed. So, they invaded it so many times, repeatedly. They took all those precious
stones, metals, etc. But, Hindustan has just let them take it whatever they
want. Just like a mango tree which offers sweet mangoes to those not only who
wants to eat but also those who hit it with stones and pluck the raw mangoes
before they got ripen just to sell them in the market for a few bucks,
Hindustan has given its riches to all those needy and greedy without uttering a
single word. Due to this, all those temples which used to be treasure troves of
Hindustan have become dilapidated centers of desperateness now!
Now, after India got its independence, Indian people want to
revive their temples and take them to their old grandeur stage. As part of this
effort, this blog proposes one NEW idea. Why not we make our temples rich
again? Why not we make them treasure troves again?
Looking at the number of Hindus residing in different parts
of the world and their earning capacities, this blog feels that it is not an
impossible dream to revive our old precious temples and make them regain their
status as TREASURE TROVES. And as a first step, why not we cover our gods and
goddesses in gold; at least their idols? We can do this provided if we can commit
ourselves.
By taking this task as an initiative and making sure that
all the main idols in your nearest temples are covered in gold, directly you help
your spiritual soul and indirectly, you help your nation to become rich.
What do you say my fellow Indian?
