Well i totally agree with the new movie of govinda’s atleast with the title ‘MONEY HAI TOH HONEY HAI’.Seriously now a days if u have money u can have nething or u can do nething.
Be it a temple or a national monument money speaks baby.Recently i been to kolkatta wer i visited one famous temple but we reached the temple lil late the gate wer closed(from afternoon 2-4 i think).We were getting late as we have to reach someother place before 4.so we were leaving but suddenly one of the preist working there came to us and said give us 350 rs we will give u entry from backside.Intially we were shocked!!!kya ho raha hai now we have to pay money wo bhi bhagwan ke darshan ke liye but we were getting late and too lazy to wait till 4 clock so we settled for 250 for 3 person. Is’nt this funny a preist!!!who is supposably taken as person who has devoted his life to god is asking for money.we thought we wont be spending more money now but wen we went for darshan preists over there nicely made us do the pooja we were very happy ki chalo paise gaye par we got to do the pooja nicely but as soon as the pooja got over the priest asked directly for 500rs by saying ki beti ke liye hai so my mom gave them n as we were leaving they asked for their own dakshina we said no as we have alreadt given them 500rs but they were not ready to listen so somehow we managed to leave but outside again 3 pandits caught us n until we didnt gave them 100 rs they didnt let us go….we were completely shocked???ki aisa bhi hota hai….
Now a days money has becum so important ki bhagwan ke darshan ke liye bhi u need money…i think this trend has been goin on since a long time take the case of bachan’s visiting tirupati..wen they visited the tirupati they wer given vip treatment as they being the STAR n the alomost thousands devotees were made to wait for an hr atleast…its really sad to see this n even sadder ki did pay money and couldnt wait for an hr more…
but ofcourse have money will travel na? that is how it goes - but what bugs me is that even if you want to get rid of something you have to pay money. I have to pay money to hairdresser to get rid of my hear - want to get rid of my grass - ahve to pay the mower, want to get rid of my weight I have to pay the personal trainer, the same goes if we have to buy something too we have to pay - either way we are the losers.
Loved your post - take care :))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Hey Divya…Glad to see sum1 like you who still likes in “WONDERLAND” and expects everything under the sun “PERFECT”. I mean Money is all pervasive and very mighty if not allmighty and is a very well known fact since ages. Dont understand Y were u shocked when the priest asked for the money…Did u expect material things like money is a taboo in a spiritual place like temple…Well think again, the offerings that u usually make to the god are all material things…Only thing is in the past priests were happier to have them instead of money now they r not. Hope u stop seeing world as bed of roses and be more practical.
Hi Divya, I think you are just begining to learn the stark relaities of life in the various parts of our Country. For your information, the most vunerable places where you may be coned by cheats are the places of worships, especially Kalighat in Kolkata, kaasi, gaya, puri, so on and so forth. There are several other shrines in these areas where you may not face such a problem. for example, Dakshineswar and Burl Math in Kolkata where you will get a serene atmosphere where you mind will be completely at rest to worship the God or Goddess as the case may be. So be careful while undertaking Bharat Darshan.