Gold and diamond ornaments worth millions are regularly offered to presiding dieties at various shrines, especially in South India. What's the point, I ask. Is this some way of ingratiating ourselves to the Lord? A way of atoning our sins? Considering that many times this wealth is ill gotten, is it a way to silence our conscience?
Why can't it be put to better use? Why can not it be used to feed slum childern? Why can't it be used to build a hospital for the poor? Why can't it be used to support orphanages?
I read an article recently that something worth 50 lakh rupees was donated to Tirupati. That's 5 million, for God's sake, excuse the pun.
Let's see here: assuming it costs Rs 18 to feed one poor child for a day(that's a conservative estimate; given scale, I'm sure it will be much less), 50 lakhs can be used to feed 30 kids for 308 months. In other words, theoretically, that amount can be used to feed 30 poor children for 25 years !! Isn't this a colossal waste? I mean, it not as if the good Lord needs all this grandeur.
I'm sure He'll only be too happy to give up a diamond studded crown if it means that some poor child did not have to go to bed hungry and cold.
When will we learn?
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