After the arrest of the bouncers who took money in the Thakur Banke Bihari temple, the arrest of twenty -one people simultaneously in the name of smooth darshan in Srikashi Vishwanath Dham, where there is a question mark on the system of temple administration, the corruption spreading in the court of God is intense and shameful. A few days ago, the administration has taken action against a home guard jawan and two pundits for illegal recovery in the name of VIP darshan from devotees at Mamleshwar temple in Omkareshwar. Devotees of the country and abroad come to see their worship with great reverence, but in the name of direct darshan in the major temples of the country, there is a loot of money or there is a tragic and discriminatory situation in the name of VIP culture. The question is being asked why there is discrimination between devotees in the religious places and events of Hindus? In the temples, the conditions of discrimination between the poor and the rich are open corruption. The concept of taking money and VIP philosophy is against devotion and faith. It is an example of a inequality, which also hurts democratic values. Srikashi Vishwanath Temple also has a three -tier security system. The temple is in access to the CCTV camera. Despite this temple being a susceptible site for security reasons, such an act is not only regrettable but also objectionable. The temple management should make the prevailing system of philosophy, smooth, corruption and faulty so that there is no break in the system and not hurting public faith.
The fee for smooth darshan is also deposited in the Srikashi Vishwanath temple, but the group of thugs found a new way of earning in the name of soon. The temple management should take the rigging happening in the name of smooth darshan system seriously. People who take people in a fake panda, guide, will not suddenly have camped in a day. All this must have been going on for a long time. How the possibility of cheating this type of cheating should be investigated. It is not only about the Thakur Banke Bihari Temple or Srikashi Vishwanath Dham, but in the major temples of the country, there is a tragedy and discrepant situation of taking money between the growing masses and long lines or to get VIP darshan, which has not only hurt the mind of the common man of the country, but has also flown away with the principles of equality of India. VIP honors and convenience received by some special people have been questioned.
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VIP culture game has once again surfaced in Banke Bihari temple. A private security agency had started a racket to earn money by providing a bouncer in the name of getting a VIP darshan from the crowd of the temple. The agency campaigned on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram claimed that they can help the devotees to protect them from the crowd and get special VIP darshan. This is an illegal system of declared, but in other major temples, people or other thugs associated with the temple get darshan. The most tragic and irony is the prevalence of VIP philosophy. The question is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had abolished the red light and many such VIP facilities during his first term, so why did not end the VIV culture of temples and religious events? Why the government made separate arrangements for VIP darshan in temples. Actually, the scope of VIP culture is very wide. It is not limited to religious places. From democracy to faith, special facilities are given to certain people on many occasions. The basic principle of democracy says that all citizens are equal, yet some people become ‘special’ in practice, whether they are on the road, in government offices, in hospitals or temples! Similarly, there are arrangements for big leaders and officials to directly visit the temples, which makes long queues and long time. With such a system, accidents have also been seen in temples and religious events. Traffic is often stopped for these VIPs, causing the general public to be stuck in jams for hours. There are VIP wards in hospitals, while common patients do not even get beds. VIP passengers get special facilities at airports and railway stations, while common people stand in long queues. VIP culture has become a canker. This is the reason that every government promises to end VIP culture, but in reality new ways to maintain it are discovered.
The rigging of VIP culture and money with money has once again launched a renewed debate. The question is arising that when there is no VIP philosophy in the gurudwara, VIP Namaz in the mosque, there is no VIP prayer in the church, then why is there a VIP or money for some prominent people in Hindu temples? Should this method not be abolished, which produces distance in Hindus? Why does VIP pass and darshan do not end in famous temples? This system is also important because the Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar has raised questions about the VIP system to be held at religious places. Certainly when someone is given preference and priority is given, it is called VVIP or VIP. This is less to underestimate the concept of equality. VIP culture is a misguidedness, it is an encroachment, it is a violation of human rights. From the perspective of equality, it should not have any place in the society, not at all in religious places and temples.
The court is also concerned about the growing VIP culture in the country. The Mudrai Peeth of the Madras High Court has also said during a hearing that people have become ‘desperate’ with VIP culture, especially in temples. Along with this, the court issued several guidelines regarding special philosophy in the famous temples of Tamil Nadu. The Gehlot government in Rajasthan had also announced to end the tradition of VIP philosophy in temples that the elderly will be the only VIP in the temples. Such government announcements have also been pretending to be an effective solution to the problem. Often the temple complexes are closed to the common people to make the leaders and wealthy special darshan, which causes a lot of trouble to the devotees, people really are sad and cursed by it. VIPs are provided with various facilities, darshan of the temple’s original campus-darshan campus, their vehicles go to the door of the temple, they are with police arrangements, while ordinary devotees have to walk several kilometers, the darshan of God is done from far away, they are pushed. It seems that the common man is living the mentality of slavery about participation in philosophy in temples. His self -respect, honor and equality are being brutally crushed at these places. What kind of temple and this darshan is being insulted by the common visitors in public. Therefore, there should be public revolution against any temple in which VIP darshan is being provided. Today, by ending the discriminatory philosophy of Hindu temples, the common man can be respected properly, his disappointment and suffering can be understood. The BJP government took some concrete steps to end VIP culture from temples and religious places.
– Fine Garg
Writer, journalist, columnist
