Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 1: Bahu Fort Development Committee (BFDC) has rued Bawe Wail Mata temple management for playing with emotions pilgrims and commercialization of the shrine.
In a statement, Raghav Mahajan, General Secretary BFDC expressed resentment against the management for installing donation box in every nook and corner of the temple premises to exploit devotes.
He alleged that Pujaris charges special 'Dakshana' (donation) for tying scared thread on arm, applying Tilak on forehead.
He added rates have been fixed to sit in Havans, for Purnahuti or for parshad and temple management become more or less as a family enterprise.
He said that like fraud business enterprises devotees have been cheated on the name of Langra (community kitchen).
"Items used in langar, including grocery are donated by traders of Jammu but temple management mint huge money by other devotes, who wish to donate fund for langar," he said.
"On an average pujari's took money from 10 devotes for a single Langar , while the items already donated by traders," he said.
He added that quality of Parshad (Halwa) is also suspicious, as they took money for preparing pure desi ghee halwa but actually only using desi ghee as spray.
He added management also constructs several new temples inside the shrine, which degrades the sanctity of old shrine.
Reiterating its years old demand, BFDC appealed the deputy commissioner Jammu to start process of establishing Shrine Board for Mata Maha Kali Temple (Bawe Wali Mata) so that devotes get better facilities. |
