The Tamil Nadu government has asked 47 temples to donate total of rupees 10 crores to the CM Relief Fund to fight Coronavirus. But on the hand, the state government has ordered the distribution of 5,450 tonnes of free rice to 2,985 mosques of the state on April 16 in the month of Ramzan. No similar help or plan is given to prepare offerings to the village deities of Hindus during Chaitra and other months.
A lot of priests depend entirely on donations from devotees. They are now stranded and facing starvation due to the coronavirus epidemic and the nationwide shutdown. The state government instead of helping them, has targeted the property of Hindu temples to pursue appeasement politics.
Devout Hindus are outraged against such discrimination of Hindus and appeasement of minorities for votes by the Governments. Hindus took to Twitter to raise their concerns and voice their protests against such misdeeds of so-called secular govts with hashtag #LootTempleGiftMinorities. Netizens tweeted more than 50,000 tweets using this hashtag and it became one of the top 10 national trends on Twitter in India. For few hours, the trend was on 3rd spot. It remained in top 10 trends from at least 4 hours.
Here are some of the tweets from the trend :
Temples looted since..
Islamic invadors like Allauddin Khilji, Tughlak, Aurangzeb to
Today's so called Secular Govts….
Need to Free Temples !!@csranga @Swamy39@ReclaimTemples@kanimozhi @RituRathaur#LootTemplesGiftMinorities pic.twitter.com/cBx8SoWTLY— ? Ramesh Shinde ?? (@Ramesh_hjs) May 2, 2020
Temple takeover is only for#LootTemplesGiftMinorities
Stop this hand over temples to devotees. Come join us @HinduJagrutiOrg in our "मंदिर संस्कृति रक्षा अभियान" Our Temple Our Pride ?@Vishnu_Jain1 @amitsurg @RituRathaur @SumantaHindu @Ramesh_hjs @kk_jpr pic.twitter.com/TvSIL9oQQx— ?Shambhu Gaware ?? (@Shambhu_HJS) May 2, 2020
Centeral govt can bring "Temple Freedom Bill" by amending articles25 & 26 & hand ovr the temples to an independent hindu body covered under temple management bill
Private member bill by @dr_satyapal is already in PARL
Ask @narendramodi ji to accept it#LootTemplesGiftMinorities https://t.co/m4uAnzM6U6— Ritu (सत्यसाधक) #EqualRightsForHindus (@RituRathaur) May 2, 2020
#TempleTakover due to-
Hindus'
? Sheer Ignorance
? Self-Absorbed nature
? Division amongst Hindus
? MAJOR Underlying factor : Lack of Dharma-educationCulminate into temples being soft targets
Hindus' Wake Up
Understand your duty unto Dharma#LootTemplesGiftMinorities pic.twitter.com/sXrNCGATGU
— Sanatan Prabhat (@sanatanprabhat) May 2, 2020
Temples in TN including Madurai, Palani, Thiruchendur, Thiruvannamalai, Rameswaram & others to contribute Rs 35L each for feeding the poor due to lockdown.
Why it hasn't been demanded from the Chrisitian/Muslim institutions that get govt grants yearly?#LootTemplesGiftMinorities pic.twitter.com/1XaudMSjEx
— Milind Dharmadhikari ® (@Milind_MMD) May 2, 2020
This move by TN Govt has come in for severe criticism as the same has not been demanded from the Chrisitian & Muslim institutions that get government grants yearly.#LootTemplesGiftMinorities pic.twitter.com/8X4zsRWCm1
— HinduJagrutiOrg (@HinduJagrutiOrg) May 2, 2020
There are 36,000+ temples under the TN HR& CE. Lakhs of Poojaris are solely dependent on the offerings from the devotees. With the lock down, they are facing starvation. Instead of helping them, the TN Govt has its eye on the wealth of Hindu temples !#LootTemplesGiftMinorities
— HinduJagrutiOrg (@HinduJagrutiOrg) May 2, 2020
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti urged Tamil Nadu CM and HR&CE Minister through Twitter, to take back GO directing temples to donate funds to CM relief fund and instead help poojaris (temple priests) facing hardships.
Dear @CMOTamilNadu & @OfficeofminSSR, we request you to take back GO asking temples under Tamilnadu HR&CE to donate to CM relief fund. Instead this money should be used to help temple priests of thousands of temples facing hardships due to lockdown.#LootTemplesGiftMinorities pic.twitter.com/qlzrI0RzjQ
— HinduJagrutiOrg (@HinduJagrutiOrg) May 2, 2020
Hon @CMOTamilNadu & @OfficeofminSSR, devout Hindus also feel that administration of all temples should be handed over to devotees only as is the case with places of worships of other faiths. We request you to consider this long pending demand of Hindus#LootTemplesGiftMinorities
— HinduJagrutiOrg (@HinduJagrutiOrg) May 2, 2020
