Commercializing FAITH!!!











Just got back from a pilgrim place after a day’s outing…and exhausted!!! But was shocked by an issue…

Everyone loves GOD….everyone has a faith in GOD…n to show this credence is why we go to his feet…a pilgrim place…visit him n tell…yup…we trust you…for being there always…just besides me…

But...today what I witnessed…shattered my belief…

Luxury lovers…have found a way out even in worshipping the deity in an easy way…and the “Pundits”…messengers in their own accord…are capitalizing this…

I met a Pundit who had his visiting card…with the name, address and contact number…you call him…tell him about your coming there…and about the ritual you wish to perform…he’ll arrange all…n even your stay plus food…and take surplus amounts of cash from you for this…from what I estimated…he earns more than 2000 a day…that’s more than a common middle class person’s salary…even there had been some kinda offer special for the festivals…and pamphlets printed to convey so…n this is not the case with one…but all Pundits n all big pilgrimages…

He is the one…whom we think with all his chants n prayers from our side…conveys our wish n wellbeing to God…and for this noble cause, we give him “Dakshina”…from our heart on our will…and as we want…specifying rates is still feasible…but making it a family business…not digestible…of course they own every right to earn money and have a living…but being a priest was their choice…they choose the path of God…n not we for them…but encashing the difficult situation of people is wrong way n that too in the name of GOD…huh!!!!!

As they say…there are two sides of a coin…n so is the case with the pilgrims…lavish life is their routine…but when in the abode of the Almighty…we can give up the habit and meet God taking some pains…n let Him know that we owe Him our lives till date and always…n thank Him…experiencing a pang, a cramp n a sprain shouldn’t be a problem if we trust Him…coz then He makes it easy for us seeing our devotion…but NO…why should we take troubles when things can be done ready handed…it’s we who give the others i.e. the Pundits a chance to bloom with these ideas…

All I wish to say is…get a life friends…take some affliction…only then you can taste the real pleasure in witnessing the miracles of God…

P.S. completely subjective…may be my views would not go in sync with all…

Comments

  1. Dr Amrita KalantriAugust 18, 2010 at 1:32 AM

    i hate the overall atmosphere of those big places!
    remember tirupathi?? :D :D

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  2. Dr.GoralAugust 18, 2010 at 1:56 AM

    the time when Anshu mam mentioned it....nothing but that incident came into my mind!!! :D

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