I was in Sringeri,
Karnataka earlier this week. While walking down the main street (I assume that
this is the one that leads to the temple gopuram), I was revolted by the stench
emanating from the badly maintained street drains. I noticed that a big event
was planned for this week in this town, involving the announcement of the successor-designate by the Head of the famous Sharada Peetham (http://www.sringeri.net ).
The local body
responsible for the town (http://www.shringeritown.gov.in/
) cannot be allowed to get away with poor management of the sewage system,
particularly at a time like this. The badly maintained sewers create a health
hazard in addition to insulting every devotee who comes to visit the Peetham,
from
all over the world. We are creating a very bad impression
of our abilities to manage cities and towns by displaying shoddy public health ‘standards’.
Srinivasan Ramani
2 comments:
Similar to what you have found, very recently I have found that in two temples in Chennai, ONE at Madhya Kailas (Vinayakar temple) and another Aadhi Kesava Perumal temple near Kapaleeshwarar temple, bad stench from the drainage is emanating. No one seems to bother about it, even though at the time when I visited, some repair work was going on. This was at Madhya Kailas. The repair work must have been from the municipal corporation. Also, to arrange such a work it would have taken quite some time because of completing formality requirements. The entire atmosphere was full of bad smell.
The drainage system should be such that no such blockages should occur.
Actually a serene and pleasant atmosphere should be prevalent there.
S.Nagaraj,
Retired S.O.(F),
Department of Nuclear & Atomic Physics,
T.I.F.R.
Hi! Nagaraj! India has a number of cultural organizations. I wish they would dedicate some of their energies to keep religious places clean. Can you identify one and write to them?
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