The unearthing of treasures at Padmanabha temple was more a page out of a fairytale than a news item to my eyes...sparkling jewels, historic ornaments and chests filled with gold coins..and the daily scorecard kept ticking- finally ending with a big bang announcement that this is the numero uno wealthiest temple on our planet! I was equally dazzled by the piles of cash at Tirupathi temple a few years back and my eyes literally popped out seeing the heavy glitzy gold ornaments of the lord divine. If Richie Rich had a divine 'avtar' it had to be gods at the wealthy temples of India..the money at the lords' disposal is mind boggling and can wipe out the hunger and povery of our nation with a single stroke of the 'sacred' wand! What also amazes me is the amount of cash/kind 'donated' to the multibillion temples around us - a golden chariot here, a silver dome there, the list is endless. The same charitable donor would not part with his penny to the person begging for alms right outside the temple...he may never feed a single hungry mouth in his lifetime..never help a helpless patient get his right to live in a hospital.... but he would and he will surely contribute a fair share of his success with the Almighty! A true divine paradox!
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