Fire works and temple processions with elephants
Now a days it has become a fashion to collect money from general public and celebrate temple festivals. Temple advisory committees are formed in Travancore devaswam boards temple with some local people,Generally local leaders of political parties are members of these committees. People who are knowledgeable about Hindu dharma are not much found in these committees These thick skinned leaders collect money from general public. Business men and up starts also donate money to keep their specific interests and get fame and name.
Temple festivals should have religious base. But unfortunately lot of money is spent for fire works, mikes and music systems , elephants.A recent item is tableau s of Gods.Another nonsense is dance done by men with attire of Gods and Goddesses. General awareness to eliminate all these unwanted items from temple festival is to be propagated. Money should be spent strictly for religious items. We should promote our traditional art forms like Koothu, kathakali Thayambaka,Velakali Thullal etc. To promote local talents some items of artist selected from local areas may be included. Fire works should be banned.so also mike sets to blast high frequency sound.
Now a days it has become a fashion to collect money from general public and celebrate temple festivals. Temple advisory committees are formed in Travancore devaswam boards temple with some local people,Generally local leaders of political parties are members of these committees. People who are knowledgeable about Hindu dharma are not much found in these committees These thick skinned leaders collect money from general public. Business men and up starts also donate money to keep their specific interests and get fame and name.
Temple festivals should have religious base. But unfortunately lot of money is spent for fire works, mikes and music systems , elephants.A recent item is tableau s of Gods.Another nonsense is dance done by men with attire of Gods and Goddesses. General awareness to eliminate all these unwanted items from temple festival is to be propagated. Money should be spent strictly for religious items. We should promote our traditional art forms like Koothu, kathakali Thayambaka,Velakali Thullal etc. To promote local talents some items of artist selected from local areas may be included. Fire works should be banned.so also mike sets to blast high frequency sound.
