I have personally never been to such a crowded Mandir but being a sikh, I often see people in lacs in Golden Temple and other Gurdwaras and have never seen or heard such incident happening there. And, so far I know, I am sure there is nothing like such emergency plans in there. Surely, we need to learn from each others. This being another example. Ultimately, its the GOD people who are dying.
RE:Admin Strategies
by Pradip Parekh on Aug 05, 2008 05:53 AM Permalink
can you confirm here arshdeep ji, whether the golden mandir is govt controlled? all big mandirs are govt controlled. in my considered view the govt simply takes away the donated money and uses for non-mandir purposes instead of using some part of it in investing back into mandirs' upkeep. keep the govt out of mandirs.
RE:Admin Strategies
by rishi txr on Aug 05, 2008 12:32 AM Permalink
I totally agree with u the crowd management at Golden temple is very good and even turnover time for pilgrims is very less. There is nobody to shout or push you. Following a model of Golden temple is the best for all shrines of the country
RE:Admin Strategies
by Bharat Kr on Aug 05, 2008 02:18 AM Permalink
Same apply to Tirupati Venkateshwara mandir, where on an average 60000 people visit everyday. During festival times, numbers goes over 2-3 millions per day. All big mandirs need to create mechanisms to regulate the crowd. Once a mandir get regulated, then people gets used to it.
