You must know that the entire endowment ministry,it's beurocrats(corrupt ! are not they) and complete office staff in the secretariat and elsewhere in all endowment departments (the govt. departs? are not they?) employ thousands directly. And mind you they are not Hindus alone. The enodowment department in the name of administration eat away crores of rupees in the form of salaries and corruption in providing ameneties etc.,. Where from do you think all the money is coming from? The money donated by devotee Hindus and also in some temples by Sikhs in to the "hundies" is the source of money for these endowment departments. Kumbhamela for example , if any stampede takes place who will be responsible? so , may be railways constructed some extra platforms which would last for ever along with railway track. I may have to remind you that this is the only country for Hindus , in this whole world. They are not going to some foreign country and govt. is not paying or subsidising the airplane tickets. The piligrimmages themselves are the source and very cause of existance for many road ways, corporations , train services to survive. If you talk about Sadhus, it was the British who introduced the system that if Sadhus,bairagis,mendicants do not occupy the seats , they should generally be ignored by railway inspectors. So it is still continuing only to some extent. We should be ashamed that our importance to Hindu godmen are less than what British showed to them!!
