Topic started by abc (@ sydney4.au.ibm.com) on Sat Jan 27 05:40:54 .
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India is a poor country with the largest share of malnourished , illiterate people . Rather than addressing these problems why is the GoI wastefully spending Tax-Payers'-Money in sponsoring Haj ? This also renders secularism a misnomer for India because Kashiyatra and trips to Vatican , Amritsar etc are not funded .

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• From: Lord of the Kings (@ host52.hostcentric.com) on: Fri Feb 20 05:17:39 EST 2004
  
  //visit kasi,rameshwaram once in their life time . //
  
  
  Better don't visit Kasi. The original Shiva temple there lies in ruin and over that an ugly mosque struts!
  
  Its painful to see this site. The northies bother about ayothiya. But what about our Kasi??
  
  The First and foremost of the 18 Tamil siddhars, Nandidevar is said to have attained samadhi and the original Visvanathar Aalayam (over which now the mosque crudely stands, unlike ayothiya, this can be seen by plain eyes) was built over his samadhi.
  
  Hence, kasi was venerated by Tamils over the millenia. Now, even though ample evidence is there that this mosque was built over that temple (even now the land records of that place are of the Temple and still the temple ruins are seen from behind the mosque), no north indian hindu is ready to reclaim this Holy place of Tamils.
  
  
  
• From: Lord of the Kings (@ host52.hostcentric.com) on: Fri Feb 20 05:59:36 EST 2004
  
  This is the picture of that place. See the temple remains below the dome:
  
  
  
  http://www.milligazette.com/images/51gyanwapi.jpg
  
  This article of Week magazine states that there is some move afoot:
  
  http://www.the-week.com/23jul20/lucky.d.htm
  
  
• From: surya (@ adsl-64-166-143-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net) on: Sat Feb 21 17:33:39 EST 2004
  
  I don't see why india should sponser haj, america has a huge number or muslims, and they don't sponser anyhting. So why should india?
  
  
• From: ramesh (@ ppp-219.65.107.149.chn.vsnl.net.in) on: Mon Nov 8 01:21:59
  
  The great siddhar like nandidevar have given us valuable knowledge on various topics to us and it is sad to note the concern authorities have done nothing to preserve the original samadhi site of our great siddhar Nandidevar.
  
  ramesh
  
  
• From: blahblah (@ dialpool-210-214-56-160.maa.sify.net) on: Thu Nov 18 01:03:57 EST 2004
  
  My opinion is that no secular country should provide any subsidy for any pilgrimage.
  
  

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