In a recent news item here, it's disclosed that "Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan is to offer a diamond ornament worth about Rs 9 crores at the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh, temple officials said."
Such offerings are a common place in most temples. They have been through the ages. The list of bollywood movies that portray theives/bandits making plans to steal diamonds and jewellery out of secured temple vaults is endless too.
The news item further states that "The Tirumala temple is famous for big offerings. A Swiss devotee, Ms Elizabeth, had pledged her entire property, worth Rs 5 crores, to the TTD in memory of her husband in June last year. She requested the TTD to perform Tiruppavai and Abhishekam one day in the month of December every year. During a recent visit, Tamil superstar Rajnikant had promised digital screens worth Rs 1 crore to the TTD to display information."
Little wonder then some invaders who happened to belong to the muslim faith by name, employed the tactic of plundering these temples. If so much wealth is stacked in any mosque, I wouldn't be surprised if it gets vandalised year after year. Wealth is a magnet for vandals, be it the Oil wealth of Kuwait or Iraq or Diamonds stacked up inside the temples.
I am sure, many Hindus would wonder as to what good does this wealth do in temples when millions of Hindus in India are dying of cold and hunger, year after year.
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