RAKHI_RAKHI

CORRUPT PRACTICE AND WORSHIPING OF GODS:
A time was there when Saraswati puja and Ganesh puja were being organized and celebrated in schools and colleges only in the state of Orissa before 70’s but things started changing after that, once corruptions and money became synonymous with worshiping when Hindu culture went for a toss. The latest being the Rakhi purnima which has become a comedy for the college boys, girls and politicians. Tell me why young girls from convents schools should tie a Rakhi in the hands off CM, PM or Governor or president? These girls are neither the sisters nor sister in laws of these politicians then why this joke? Doesn’t it look ridiculous? It’s a function of one’s own sister tying the Rakhi in the wrist of one’s own brother if you do not have a brother blame your stars, but why this show business? Just to fill up the pages of the newspaper with photos of these politicians? Coming to other festivals like the “Bol bam” a festival lasting for four weeks when the hired poor people are asked to pour water on the Siba Linga during the month of Sravan(rainy season) out of which few hundreds are crushed under the wheels of trucks. Then we have the Duga Puja festival after a month or so when ruffians will collect money from truck drivers to residents forcibly in the name of Maa Durga.
As the people are getting more educated and more moneyed the worshiping culture and festival menace are getting worse and worse in India. There is no one to protest with the fear of being victimized by the local ruffians.Then there are Hundreds of local festivals, it’s a mystery how India with so many closed holidays is able to thrive in the international market? Like 13th of this month, there was a Rakhi purnima holiday, 14th was a Sunday, 15th was an Independence Day (a national holiday), so straight three days plus if you have a good rapport with the boss , then one can arrive late on 16th, making it four days of holidays. The most disturbing time is the nuisance of Mike, Fire works, Garbage and what not during the festive seasons.
During Rath Jatra we cut hundred of trees to make a chariot to have a festival. If one raises a voice then he is labeled as anti Hindu. Dalit Hindus are not allowed to enter the Puri temple, why? In the 21st century we can have modern Rathas(chariots) for our deities say built in steel or aluminum which will last for many years with out ecological destruction.
I think this is one type of corruption in the name of God for which no Hindu should feel proud of. It’s high time we change our attitude towards our festivals and worshiping habits. It’s not the Hindu culture which is bad or good but how we keep it intact without exploiting it for another thousand of years is to be seen.