I strongly recommend that temples administration is delegated to center rather than wresting the responsibility with cash strapped state governments. Also a central security force akin to industrial security force or CRPF is to be formed to guard temples in our country. Such stampedes can be avoided if the central government can improve facilities at these temples. There are also some other issues such as unauthorized occupation of temple lands and properties. If central government cannot monitor security at these temples, let them give enough powers to temple management bodies to safe guard both piulgrims and temple properties.
RE:It should never happen again
by Bilal M Akhtar on Aug 11, 2008 04:10 PM Permalink
Why waste money on idol worship and raise a central force for it when it is not a part of Hindu religion. Please read this extract from Hindu scripture: Bhagwad Geeta The most popular among all the Hindu scriptures is the Bhagwad Geeta. Consider the following verse from the Geeta : Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures. [Bhagwad Geeta chapter 7 verse 20 (B.G. 7:20)] The Geeta is referring to people who are materialistic and therefore worship demigods i.e. besides the True God. Upanishads: The upanishads are also considered sacred scriptures by the Hindus. Consider the following verses from the Upanishads : i) Ekam evaditiyam "He is One only without a second" [Chandogya Upanishad 6:2:1]1 ii) Consider again, the following verses from the Upanishads : Na casya kasuj janita na cadhipah. "Of Him there are neither parents nor Lord" [Svetasavatara Upanishad 6,9] [ 2part II page 263.] iii) Consider the following verses from the Upanishads : Na tasya pratima asti (There is no likeness of Him.) [Svetasvatara Upanishad chapter 4:19] Nainam urdhvam na tiryancam na madhye na parijagrabhat na tasy pratime asti yasya nama mahad yasah. 3 "There is no likeness of Him whose name is great glory".3 [The principal Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan pg 736 & 737] [Sacred Books of the East, volume 15, the Upanish
