#DidYouKnow What does TN Govt do with #Temple Money they get?
A short thread!
-Buying fully loaded Toyota Innova cars and other luxury vehicles using temple monies and then handing them over to Govt Ministers, Ministers' PA, Govt Secy, HR& CE Commissioner. 👏
-Even the fuel bills, drivers’ salaries and maintenance costs of such illegally given vehicles are met with temple funds.
-Building Conference Rooms, library, etc in the 2nd Floor of the HR & CE Department using funds from Sri Subramaniaswamy Temple, Tiruttani.
-Diversion of funds of Sri Parthasarathy temple for Tamil Nadu Government Tourism Exhibition.
-Diversion of funds from three temples in Chennai for buying General Brand 2-Ton Split Air Conditioners for the Audit Department in HR&CE Department, Chennai.
-Seven Temples in Chennai to supply one tanker of water a day to the HR & CE Department Headquarters in Chennai.
-A high-end photocopier for the HR & CE Department bought using funds of Sri Sankaranarayanan Temple, Sankarankoil, Tirunelveli District.
-Fourteen typists/clerks recruited by temples in Chennai and who are receiving their salaries from such temples are working as typists/clerks in the HR & CE Department.
🔹Sourced through RTIs filed by Shri @trramesh ji,
cc @rahuldewan
Sometime in 1994 there was rift brewing in the Kerala Congress
The then CM K Karunakaran’s son had insulted Ramesh Chennithala, G Karthikeyan and Shahnawaz (all members of the I group faction that Karunakaran led)
Another Congress Factional leader A K Antony (leader of the A group - rival faction in congress) was planning to topple Karunakaran to install himself as the chief minister.
His hitman for the Job was Oomen Chandy, the FM in the Karunakaran cabinet
If Antony had to replace, they had to make, Karunakaran a formidable leader fall big.
Karunakaran had the sworn allegiance of the most of the Police establishment in Kerala, whom he had a special liking to
In1555, Portuguese were at their peak
>Destroyed Zamorins of Calicut
>Captured Daman & Bombay. Made Goa headquarters
>Destroyed the ancient Kapaleeswarar Temple to build a Church over it
Next target was the super profitable port of Mangalore
Their only bad luck, just 14 kilometers south of Mangalore was the small settlement of Ullal - ruled then by a feisty 30 year old woman - Abbakka Chowta.
Initially, they took her lightly and sent a few boats/soldiers to capture & bring her back to Goa
>Boats never came back
Shocked/enraged, they sent a huge fleet of ships this time, under Admiral Dom Álvaro da Silveira
>Admiral soon returned, badly injured and empty handed
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#DidYouKnow
-As per an RTI reply, the Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s home is spread over 15,181 square meters.
-It is bigger than the Prime Minister’s residence, 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, which is spread over 14,101 square meters. #CongressMuktBharat
-In 2013-14, the expenses for the maintenance of electrical fittings at 10JP incurred were 7 times more than the previous year and amounted to Rs 51,43,318.
-In 2012-13, it was Rs 7,82,968 and in 2011-12 it was Rs 2,65,681.
These dubious figures have been revealed by CPWD in RTI
-These expenses are paid by the Government.
-In other words, the expenses for the lavish stay of the Italian Queen are paid by us, the tax-payers! #CongressMuktBharat
Did you know that?
-Hindu Temples have to give Income Tax on all donations received; finances are controlled by the government;
-However, the same is NOT true for minority institutions which are 100% exempt from paying Income Tax #reclaimtemples
Did you know that?
-The government, by law, if free to interfere in management of educational institutions run by #Hindu religious bodies
-The government is, however, NOT free to interfere in management of educational institutions run by minority religious bodies.
Did you know that?
-Practitioners of #Hinduism in their #temples (you and me) do not have a a say by law in the management of the temple;
-However, practitioners of minority faiths retain the freedom to determine the management of their places of worship